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Tight band around knee
I broke my knee in two places in 2018. After them putting a plate in, I had a tight band feeling around knee. In 2021 they did a TKR on it. Of course it didn’t take care of the problem. Now 5 years later I’m still having this problem. I’ve had lots of PT, a Sprint, and GAE. Nothing has helped, I keep ice on it for pain relief. I have other pains in it also. They take X-rays and everything looks good, but that’s only the TKR that they’re looking at. So of course nothing they can do to help. I still have more knee there, can’t they look at it somehow? Sick of the pain.
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I would suggest searching for an orthopedic surgeon who does laparoscopic surgery. They can go inside your knee with tiny cameras via a half inch incision and use tiny tools to make repairs!! Best wishes!
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I’m going to an orthopedic and they haven’t mentioned that. Will that get rid of tight band feeling?
@vlwin at least with laparoscopic surgery that will give the surgeon a means to actually look inside of your knee to see what is going on. X rays show the bones, but not what other things are happening. You may have to SEARCH for an experienced laproscopic surgeon. I hope you are near a big medical facility.
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He is kinda young. Thanks for your help.
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1 ReactionI am 7 years out from TLKR, and have not been happy with it. Doctor does not see anything wrong with it in the X-rays. Just says I am putting to much pressure on it because I should have the other one done also. If I am on my feet a lot I get this tight band feeling around my knee and swelling. And still have pain in the same area as I had before surgery. He wants to do the other one but I am not so sure I want to do it.
Get another opinion. X-rays only tell so much. He should be looking deeper.
@steveinarizona thanks Steve!
@marybo So sorry Mary. I know the feeling. It’s like they don’t know what to do. I think you should get another opinion. Sounds like he just wants more money. I wish you the best on whatever you decide.
Thank you, he is a very highly rated ortho surgeon in the UP of Michigan, and everybody that I know and have talked to are very happy with their replacements . Always a percentage that doesn’t have good luck, and guess I am one of them. Getting injections in the other knee, just delaying the inevitable, but they are not working like they did.
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