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My Chronic Knee Pain After Replacement caused by Wrong Size Implant
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First : I’m relieved and happy for you that you found relief, and another good doctor took you on.
I am too am going through this horrid experience. Horrid pain, inability to walk, horrid anxiety and panic attacks. I tried reaching my Dr., when at three weeks post, (having gone through replacement, same knee in 2008.
I was not healing as I knew I should be. Extreme pain, Unable to pick feet up off ground to I had an infection treated in April 2025. New replacement end of July 2025. Finally only two weeks ago, this office ordered x-rays.
The part put into shin- had been put in crooked/slanted. It is pressing into shin, and PA told me there is a risk of bone fracture. I am in much pain, fearful and so stressed, I haven’t been able to do anything- only shuffling a few feet at a time- with out sitting. I feel another doctor (s) should look at me. I am so afraid, and I have lost faith.
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@taillie
I am confused. You had a knee implant in 2008. It wasn't healing right so you had a surgeon (same surgeon?) replace it with a new implant in July of this year and based on the x-rays the July 2025 surgery put in the implant in a crooked manner imperiling the implant. Do I have it right?
Was it the same surgeon? A surgeon who repairs a previous knee implant is called a "revision surgeon". Revisions tend to be more difficult so not all hip/knee surgeons do them and of those who do, I would only trust a few to work on my knees.
Go ahead and find a revision surgeon and have her take a look at it. Where are you located? Are you at all convenient to a Mayo Clinic. That would be a good place to get it looked at.