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Infection after TKR

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Feb 7 7:29am | Replies (26)

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@robinchats

My experience is not as severe as yours
1st tkr redone because of wrong size spacer. So that is surgery #2.
#3 was because appliance was not adhering to bone
These 3 were within 10 months.
More than a year later #4 was done in hope of less pain and more mobility. 6 years later, I was still using an ice pack and had a very uneven gait. Then I had back surgery and 5 weeks later developed staph infection in tkr and had to have poly swap. Is it possible to tell if infection was "simmering" for 6 years or from infection from back surgery?

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I’ve had a chronic infection after a TKR for 10 years now and countless surgeries. All that’s left down the road for me is amputation. That will happen as the pain can no longer be managed. I’m almost there but I’m still hoping for a miracle. That’s the only way I’ll survive this. Sorry to be so bleak but I’m being honest. At 71, I’m not giving up just yet.