@jlwilcox Interesting report. I found my surgeon many years ago when I had to do a left hip replacement. He is the primary inventor of the Superpath method of minimally invasive hip replacement. I had zero post surgery pain after that replacement.

A year ago my right knee suddenly failed to proceed. Six months ago the same surgeon replaced my right knee. We discussed the method he used and he explained that he preferred to do a mid vastus cut instead of a subvastus cut because (1) it provided a pathway if he ever needed to do a revision; and (2) it provided a better field of work for the surgeon. He further told me that a subvastus cut would be slightly less painful in recovery but only slightly. Apparently your OEM surgeon did not account for that possibility. As it turned out, I had zero post surgery pain this time as well.

My surgeon spends about 20% of his surgical time doing revisions of other surgeons' work. I am curious, what surgeon did you use for your revision?

I recently had my six month checkup with my surgeon. he told me I had no limitations. I asked him if that meant I could go on trampolines with my grandkids; he said yes. I asked if that meant I (an 81 YO male) could run; he said if I wanted to. A couple of days ago I went to an indoor trampoline facility with my son and grandkids. I tried running on the little kids floor(a little bouncy but not too bouncy) and it was a lot of fun. Sort of a combo of running and bouncing. I am working my way toward running.