TKR revision surgery at 5 months - level of pain?

Posted by irishtrish @irishtrish, Oct 23 12:11pm

I'm scheduled to have a TKR revision surgery shortly, about 5 months after my initial TKR due to it being very loose and unstable. For those of you who have experienced revision surgery, how much more painful is the second one compared to the first?

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sbcarcht | @sbcarcht | Oct 24 8:45am

I’ve had three TKRs including one revision following an infected prosthetic device. I don’t recall the revision surgery being any more painful than my original TKR surgeries.

ggji | @ggji | Oct 25 10:55pm

I have just had revision TKR on left knee after 18 months though I kept telling Dr that there is some problem of clicking a lot and instability … no heed was paid. And then after 8 months when I had Right knee TKR and it recovered and it felt just like back to normal knee. I was convinced something was wrong. I took opinion of 2 other surgeons and both recommended for revision surgery with a replacement of thicker insert.
I went back to my doctor and insisted on revision
It was done this month on 10/8 and within just 2 weeks I am feeling the difference
Pain was there for 1 week I could stop all pain medicines and now I am already walking on my own having left the walker also. So it seems recovery will be much shorter just about 6 weeks as Dr said. Though I am still doing icing, elevating and just 2 Tylenols a day
So good luck you will recover much faster now
My insert was changed from 11mm to 15 mm

steveinarizona | @steveinarizona | Oct 26 7:31am

I am glad you acted as your own advocate. That is important.

But I have one question: why in the world did you go back to the same surgeon who had been ignoring you for the revision? I would have run away from him as fast as my bad leg would take me.