I am 8 years out from TKR and dong fine till last 5 months. It seems the spacer used is defective. Knee swollen and some pain, level 3 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Doctor tells me a Revision is needed because spacer bad and some bone deterioration around the hardware . I would like the doc to try to change to a bigger spacer and use bone cement around deteriorated bone.
Has anyone had this type of experience?
I'm 80 years old and are afraid of the 3+ hours of surgery. Plus the dangers of infection, rehab, etc.