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Foot neuropathy (numbness and pain) after total knee replacement (TKR)

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@sandie2749 I will message the woman I know and ask her the name of the doctor. She did tell me before but I forget now. I have a fabulous orthopedic surgeon in Boston too but I am not sure if he deals much with problem knee replacements.
His name is Wolfgang Fitz and he is at Brigham and Women's and Faulkner which is a part of Brigham and Women's. I had my TKR done by him at Faulkner and that hospital is fantastic. It's not big, I think it has around 161 rooms, ALL PRIVATE! I loved that hospital!
JK

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JK | @contentandwell | May 4, 2020

@sandie2749 I messaged yesterday with the woman I know who had a revision done. It was done by Dr. Thornhill at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the same hospital that Dr. Fitz who I had for my last TKR is at. She was very happy with Dr.Thornhill. I didn't know her when she was going through so much but apparently, as I said, she went through two years of agony before Dr. Thornhill diagnosed the problem.

We also had a member on Connect who went through a great deal of pain before finding relief. She went to Dr. Andrew J. Braziel at New England Baptist Hospital in Boston and found him to be great. So, if the Boston area works for you those are both highly recommended orthopedic surgeons with whom you could have a consultation for a second opinion, and if what the doctor says sounds reasonable have the surgery done.
Good luck with this. I hope you keep us informed of how things are going.
JK

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