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Partial knee replacement: How was your experience?

Joint Replacements | Last Active: Jun 25 1:25pm | Replies (9)
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I had a PKR in August. While I was going to Physical Therapy the Therapist bent my knee to get a good measurement (for her). And did it several times until I was crying. Turns out she tore my meniscus causing other problems. I was miserable for 3 months and finally had an MRI. My surgeon had to go in and clean up my knee about 2 weeks ago. I am doing better now but after the last surgery I was told they found arthritis on the side that was supposed to be fine. So I feel like I should have had a TKR because then I wouldn’t have had a meniscus to tear. This is just what happened to me. As the person before said most people come to this website that have problems. I have to say I appreciate this website because it has given me a lot of good information and support. Good luck!

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heyjoe415 | @heyjoe415 | Nov 26, 2023

Thanks for writing this, although I'm sorry for what you went through.

You raise a good point - why do a PKR if a TKR is inevitable? Clearly your PT did harm to you, but a torn meniscus doesn't cause osteoarthritis (it's the other way around). Again, I don't know enough about PKRs.

Before I finally had my knees replaced, the meniscus and articular cartilage had started to wear away from arthritis spurs. My knees felt ok during this time but my marathon days were over. But it was 20 years after I lost all of the medial meniscus in one knee before I had the replacements. During this time I was able to do yoga and could have exercised on a bike - any exercise non-impact was fine (except the breast stroke in the pool - puts stress on the knee due to the angle of the kick).

Anyway, sorry again for what you're going through. If you do have a TKR, find a surgeon who specializes in "revisions". These surgeons know how to do a TKR when there has been a PKR or other prosthetic-based surgery on the knee.

All the best friend!

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