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Will I gain or lose any weight when I have my knee replaced next week?4 years 31 weeks ago377
With the advent of computer technology in medicine, are there plans to use this in surgery such as joint replacements to ensure that the joints are put in as they should be? I had a joint replacement in my knee, which turned out to cause problems because there were issues with the angles after the surgery was complete.1 year 32 weeks ago306
Years ago (back in the 1980s) I had an ACL repair. As I recall, they sewed my torn ligament and reinforced it with a piece of plastic. Is this still done nowadays?3 years 23 weeks ago340
Years ago I had a football injury and tore the meniscus in my left knee. They took it out and now I have arthritis on that side of the joint. The surgeon's talking about doing a unilateral compartment replacement. Do these always work for this problem?3 years 34 weeks ago368
Years ago I had a total knee replacement. With the new joint I had less pain but not much more motion. Now I'm going to have the other knee done. Any chance I can get better motion with the newer joints?4 years 1 week ago363
Years ago I had an ACL reconstruction because the doctor told me it would prevent arthritis. Now 20 years later, I have arthritis so bad I need a joint replacement. What went wrong?5 years 20 weeks ago464
Years ago I remember DMSO was all the rage for arthritis. I didn't pay much attention back then and I haven't heard a whisper about it since. But now that I have started having arthritic symptoms in my knees, I thought I'd check it out. Is there anything to this stuff?16 weeks 1 day ago131
Years ago I was told I had chondromalacia of the knee. I eventually had to give up competitive sports because of it. It went away over time, but now I notice a lot of creaking sounds from that knee. Is my chondromalacia coming back?30 weeks 2 days ago463
Years ago, I fell and broke my kneecap and the upper part of the tibia. They didn't take the kneecap out. Instead, they wired it back together. I still have the wire and two screws (holding my tibia together) in place. Over the years, arthritis has set in that joint. I'm thinking it's time to see a doc for a joint replacement. Will I have much trouble with that?38 weeks 3 days ago396
Years ago, I had a car accident and knocked both knees into the dashboard. My knees never worked the same but I got along okay. Now my doctor tells me I damaged both my posterior cruciate ligaments with that accident. I've been told I should have surgery but I've done fine so far. Is there really any reason to do this?30 weeks 2 days ago132
Years ago, I tore the ACL in my left knee. It was more than a year after surgery before I could bend it fully and return to sports. Nowadays, it seems as though people are back to work and play after only six months. Am I right?4 years 33 weeks ago406
Yikes! I did a stupid thing. I went skiing before my repaired ACL was healed. I tore the graft that was used to replace the ACL. I'm supposed to see the doctor next week, but I'm wondering what will happen. Can they do the same operation again?5 years 45 weeks ago384
You can imagine our heartache when I tell you our teenage son was involved in a gang-related incident that left him with a gunshot wound to the knee. The surgeon was careful to get all the bullet fragments out. Is there still a chance he could get lead poisoning?31 weeks 2 days ago131
You know how when you're just about to have some type of surgery, people come out of the woodwork to tell you horrow stories about that operation? Well, that's happening to me. I decided to have a total knee replacement and now I'm hearing about people who ended up with an amputation and other who died on the table. Are these stories really true? How often does this kind of stuff really happen?42 weeks 2 days ago166
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