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

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Dec 2 6:39pm | Replies (746)
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@vinran

I’m into it now almost two years after TKR. Went to a different surgeon, not a TKR surgeon, and he said yes, could be caused by the TKR. Wants me to give it time but it’s never changed, almost 100% of the foot neuropathy comes in the early evening so I take 600mgs of gabapetin to help me sleep through it. That works right now.
I personally have also seen a deep vein tissue surgeon, two neurologists and a foot specialist and they all basically say the same thing, “can’t find the cause of it”.
Disgusted here.
Vince

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loriaakre | @loriaakre | Sep 5, 2022

Vince, ask for an ABI test (blood pressure test of legs) and if there is less pressure in that leg, then ask for an angiogram. That is how they found my problem with a totally numb foot after my tkr. My surgeon pinched the popliteal artery behind my knee during surgery but kept telling me it was normal. (the artery that supplies the blood to lower leg/toes) My numbness was not normal. I had yet another surgery by a different surgeon who opened up the artery and took out a dead blood clot then patched the artery and sewed it up. 12 inch scar on back of leg by knee. My TKR surgeon just told me after I told him what he did was "Why did you wait so long to get it fixed...you could have lost your leg"
I went to several other ortho drs. walk in. nerve tests. they looked for clots in my veins (but not the artery). took my primary to find the problem.
Well I have my leg and foot, but have permanent damage to cells and tissue in foot and 3 toes are numb yet since it was 2 months between surgeries.
Good luck! I feel your pain! Lori

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