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Foot neuropathy (numbness and pain) after total knee replacement (TKR)
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I have a lot of numbness/tingling that goes to different areas of my leg after TKR. I still have the "tight band" feeing just above the knee on the thigh. Saw surgeon yesterday. He says time. Not concerned about the swelling or the tight feeling at all. I just doesn't feel right to me. He says 5 weeks is not enough time to be done with all these symptoms. Anyone else deal with these things?
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I would agree with your surgeon, I had tightness much longer than 5 weeks after surgery. If you are in PT what are they saying?
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I had extreme numbness to my foot/leg like it was asleep from the knee down. 5 weeks after TKR they found I had a pinch ch popliteal artery behind n my knee and had to have artery surgery to correct it. I still have some numbness in my foot but at least my toes are not purple and I still have my leg! TKR Dr said why did I wait 60 days to fix it and that most people that happens too lose their leg. He still has not admitted to what he did and probably never will. Its been almost 12 months my TKR surgery.
I have also heard if turniquit is on to long or not on correctly can cause issues. I had a bruise the size of a salad plate on the top of my thigh from the turniquit. It was almost black and lasted for weeks.