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Climbing Stairs After TKR

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Aug 22, 2022 | Replies (63)
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@strawboy12

I am 11 years post tkr and never had physiotherapy with a two week recovery and did not have problems until last year . Now i have Knee cap problems because they did not change the kneecap or scrape it but i just wear a knee sleeve and its much better.

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Aug 13, 2022

I'm glad it's better with the knee sleeve. I'm surprised they didn't scrape the patella and attach metal with an overlay of polyethylene. If you're ok with the sleeve that's great. If it becomes a problem, I suppose they could do revision surgery to fix the patella.

Although if you end up going for surgery, they may as well replace the old one. FWIW I had bi-lateral TKRs and the surgeon used the Mako robotic assistant. I'm so glad I did that.

All the best to you! Joe

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