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Spacer replacement 4 years after TKR

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Nov 30 10:41am | Replies (79)

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I have had clicking in my left knee since 3 months post op. I am now 23 months post op. I have been told by 3 different doctors that this normal. One said to live with the pain, another said he would try arthroscopic surgery with 50-75% chance of less pain and third said I need a revision. Doesn’t seem normal to me! Nothing ever mentioned about the spacer being inappropriate. X ray and bone scan look fine but still have persistent lateral exterior pain with walking, swimming and going down stairs. Tried MFR, nothing. Taping seems to be the most effective pain relief but you can’t have tape on all the time. One pain doc wants to implant a peripheral nerve stimulator in my leg but not interested. To see another pain doc next week for some type of manipulation but not sure what can be done at this point in time. Ugh!!

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I don't know if you are still having problems. I had a knee replacement 29 years ago before I had that one replaced last year. I went almost two years with pain after the first one. It felt like something was getting caught. My doctor sent me to 3 other knee surgeons. Finally the last one said it was a ligament catching on the implant. I had no pain after he went in and snipped it. He started doing that with all the knee replacements after that.