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Fluid retention after a knee replacement
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I am having the same problem with my TKR. Since my knee was operated on and it has always had fluid but my doctor said that it would eventually go away. A year later and I still have fluid and tightness in my knee. I went to see my osteopathic surgeon and he told me it's basically going to be something I have to live with for the rest of my life. I just don't understand what is causing the fluid. He didn't even offer to perform an aspiration. He just took an x-ray and said everything looks good inside the knee so there's nothing he can do about it. I'm just very concerned that every morning I wake up and there's a big fluid bubble on the side of my knee and it shifts around during the day when I'm walking but as soon as I relax my leg it pops back out on the left side of my left knee.
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This type of conduct is so annoying to me. A truly good surgeon also looks for non surgical solutions first and is flexible to solve any problems that come up. A bad surgeon looks at an x-ray and declares it either looks good or bad and sends you on your way.
Your knee should command the attention of your surgeon until the surgical effects are concluded. I did not need such attention but nonetheless I had a one week meeting, a six week phone call, a six month meeting and a one year further out scheduled. I also can communicate with him and his staff via the portal or a phone call.
The beginning of your meeting with your surgeon he should have said something like: I have reviewed the x-rays and they look fine. But obviously something is wrong to give you this problem. lets focus on solving that.,