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Scar tissue after knee replacement

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Oct 10 8:31am | Replies (1550)
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@sueinmn

Sometimes a suture resists dissolving, and forms a cyst - it may eventually dissolve, but a couple times l had to have a small incision made and get it removed.
Have you noticed any softening or redness/tenderness?
Sue

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kaky1450 | @kaky1450 | Jul 19, 2021

Thanks Sue
I don’t see any redness right now - although sometimes it is warm with some slight redness in the area - but the redness goes away and the heat remains.
It is sore and tender around and under it but the actual knot/cyst is hard as a rock. I go back for a post op on 8/24 so hoping it will be gone by then but it just seems to be getting bigger and more protruding.
I was rubbing it thinking it was scar tissue but now not sure whether to leave it alone or use ice or heat or keep massaging. Any thoughts?
Thanks again.
Kathy

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