AAron - Here is another case like the one you described .....
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In the case below, SYNVISC did not help.
The story is dated 1/18/97.
I put in the ** around the word SYNVISC and
ADHESIONS.
Otherwise, what follows is NOT edited.
Regards,
John
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Subject: TKR didn't work, what now? LONG!
From: "apple" <shane@vaxxine.com>
Date: 1998/01/18
Message-ID: <01bd23e3$a477b9a0$165d1dd1@pc.vaxxine.com>
Newsgroups: alt.support.arthritis
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HI Everyone,
I was wondering if anyone had experienced the same
disappointment that I have after a TKR?
In December 1996 I had a TKR at the age of 36,
the surgery went well, the morphine was great but right
from the time I got out of bed for the first
time after surgery I knew something wasn't quite right.
I wasn't put on a CPM machine at all and was expected
to get my knee bending with the phsyio. exercises I was
given. By the time I left the hospital I only
had 60o flexion.
For two months I worked with my physio. and neither
one of us could figure out why I could not bend my
leg further then 60o. It them got worse and
the flexion went down to 40o, I was still in excruiating
pain and after two visits to my surgeon and two X-rays
he decided that maybe he should operate
again.
So in April '97 I had my second surgery and this
time I was put on the CPM machine right away and I
was really pleased to get up to 70o flexion but it
didn't last because whenever I got off the machine my
knee would stiffen up and then I would have to work
my way up to 70o again.
By this time I was getting a little peeved, I had
this resistance in my lower knee and no matter how
hard I tried to push the flexion it just wouldn't give.
I was then referred to another surgeon who tried a
manipulation and even he was surprised that my knee
wouldn't give while I was fully relaxed under GA.
He then realized that my knee was full of **adhesions**.
He tried an arthroscopy a few months later, scraped
off all the adhesions and injected **SYNVISC** into
my knee in the hope that the gel would coat the knee and
prevent the adhesions from sticking but nothing has
worked, it appears that no matter what is done these
darn **adhesions** come back too fast for us to do
anything about it.
I am now disabled and my knee is fused and there is
no hope that my knee will ever bend again or is there?
Has anyone experienced anything like this and if so,
is there a way around it so that I can eventually get
my knee to bend?
Both my doctors are open to suggestions as
neither have come across this before.
Hope someone can help.
Take care
Jayne
Ontario, Canada |
