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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 3 days ago166
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
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
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 34 weeks ago406
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 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 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 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 2 days ago131
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 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 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 (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
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
Will I gain or lose any weight when I have my knee replaced next week?4 years 31 weeks ago377
Why would having my sacroiliac joint adjusted make my knee feel better? My orthopedic doctor sent me to a physical therapist who manipulated my hip and now my knee pain is much better. I don't get it.1 year 20 weeks ago542
Why is the knee so susceptible to injury?1 year 45 weeks ago628
Why is it so important that the doctor found a positive pivot-shift test during arthroscopic surgery that wasn't there when I was awake? That was the justification for doing a ligament reconstruction surgery when I thought I was just having it scoped, repaired, and on to rehab.42 weeks 3 days ago172
Why is it harder to design and perform a knee replacement than a hip replacement?1 year 48 weeks ago275
Why does taping around the kneecap help reduce patellofemoral pain? I've tried everything else and this is the first thing that's worked.4 years 14 weeks ago487
Why are ACL tears considered serious?2 years 16 weeks ago471
Why are ACL injuries so common? You always hear of some athlete or another tearing his or her ACL.1 year 4 weeks ago261
Where exactly is the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)? Why don't I hear about it as much as the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)?7 years 41 weeks ago374
Whenever we get close to the ski season I start gearing up my exercise program. I notice the last two years I've had knee pain when squatting or practicing my wall sits. So far it doesn't bother me when I ski. What could be causing this pain?5 years 20 weeks ago363
Whenever I'm in my yoga classes I hear people's joint snapping and popping. Mine never do that. Why not?4 years 9 weeks ago1055
Whenever I see the physical therapist for a check-up on my rehab after ACL repair, I always have to do a series of hopping tests. So what if I can hop along a line? How does this tell anything?2 years 34 weeks ago414
When would you suggest a person have surgery to repair a torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL)? I injured mine two years ago and have put it off. It's not really bothering me, so I'm just curious.5 years 41 weeks ago374
When we were growing up as kids, my younger sister was always double-jointed. As I get older, I notice my joints starting to get stiff. Do people who are double-jointed ever get this way?1 year 31 weeks ago323
When the surgeon repaired my torn ACL he took a piece of my patellar tendon and used it as a graft. How can they do this without causing problems in that tendon now?3 years 37 weeks ago367
When surgery involves taking bone from one place in the body and transplanting it to another, what happens to the hole left at the donor site?1 year 48 weeks ago238
When surgeons talk about the stability factor in ACL surgery, what are they referring to exactly?44 weeks 2 days ago157
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