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Total knee replacement infection after 9 years.
Joint Replacements | Last Active: Sep 10, 2023 | Replies (82)Comment receiving replies
mgm15...
What happened to you is mortifying to me. So you did not have any pain or swelling in your knee but you were incredibly ill. This concerns me because in 2018 I had a knee replacement and I have been having a lot of burning in my knee lately. This makes me wonder if I should see the orthopedist about this. I don't think that we are told enough about what the ramifications can be from TKR surgery.
I am so sorry that you have had to go through this nightmare and I hope that your wound heals very quickly.
Katrina123
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Katrina. Yes after 1 day of normal post op pain in knee, then pain became unbearable. That is why the aspiration was done 9 days after the first surgery. That aspiration did not show infection but to be on the safe side the orthopedic surgeon decided to treat it as an infection. My husband was not able to put any weight on that leg. I had to call 911 to get him back to hosp for second surgery. He could not get out to the car.