double partial knee replacement

pinkbritishstars
pinkbritishstars Member Posts: 731
edited 10. Nov 2011, 06:27 in Living with Arthritis archive
Saw my consultant this morning and he wants me to have a double partial knee replacement in Spring 2012.

Has anyone else had one or double?

Many thanks

pinkbritishstars

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  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    hi can not help but bumping this back to top so it will get seen good luck with it val
    val
  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hi there :smile:

    I have had two TKR's done two years apart but no partial knee replacements. A surgeon performed an arthroscopy and I felt there was something left in there post op like a bit of grit because I had such pain. He did the op again but it did not help me for long at all. He offered to do a partial but I had kind of lost faith in him and left it. A couple of years later when I saw another surgeon, he said it was too late for a partial as the knee was shot so I had a total.

    One good thing is that with a partial, if you do need a total later on, it is easy for the surgeon to do this or so I have been told.

    I wish you the best of luck next spring if you decide to go ahead.

    Elna x
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  • GraceB
    GraceB Member Posts: 1,595
    edited 30. Nov -0001, 00:00
    Hello Pink,
    I had a bi-compartmental replacement (a partial replacement) to my right knee in May 2009. This was done at the RNOH in Stanmore.
    Initially I had problems with bending the knee as the drain had to be in for 2 days. I was out of bed the morning after the operation and walking with crutches from that point on. All I can say is that I feel the partial is "holding" that side of the knee, unfortunately the outer side of my knee is still natural bone and is still eroding. I will need a TKR in the future on both knees. (I have OA in multiple weight bearing joints).
    I've had post-op pain and swelling which I still get to this day. However I have a 125 degree bend that side (the unoperated knee was 130 degree bend when measured last). I achieved that bend through bloody hard work with the physio going from 80 degrees to 95 degrees in three weeks.
    My scar is a hypertrophic one (I make too much scar tissue when healing) so is very visible, however I know others who have had replacements and you can barely see the scar - I was unlucky.
    Be ready for the physio afterwards, and prepare as much as you can before hand. It's preparation, preparation and preparation. Follow the instructions/guidance you're given by the medical people to the letter - it'll pay off in the end.
    Please PM if you need any further information - I'd be more than happy to help.
    Good luck and let us know your date.
    Grace
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