Knee replacement

[Bigboote]

A partial is a big win already. Much shorter recovery. But be aware that in cases where the ACL is compromised, that doing a partial is not universally accepted as wise, I read a bunch of medial papers on the topic and the more recent ones said no difference in outcomes. But the highly regarded docs I talked to were universally of a different opinion..

Thanks, no ACL -- my shoulders prevented me from playing basketball, volleyball, or raquetball past the age of about 21. My doc says about 1/3 of the replacements he does are partials. I'm a perfect candidate -- bowed legs, the space between my tibia and femur is quite v-shaped, with all of the damage on the medial part. My other knee is far from perfect, but not very arthritic, and I'm hoping that the new one will take some pressure off of it and it will improve so that I can at least start cycling again. Alas, no delusions that I can do any more serious running without repercussions.

 

[Lafayette]

My Dad had them done at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. He also has had both of his hips replaced and recently had back surgery there as well.

Yeah he strengthened his quads and other areas to make his legs as strong as possible. You can work with a physical therapist to help get this in motion.

He went to Burke in Westchester and lived there for a week after the hospital. While he was miserable not being home, that week was critical as they really were on him about his rehab. He was playing golf 4 months later.

I had both mine done at HSS - I am doing great with them (2021 left / 2023 right), resumed my Shifu duties but noting that it's easy to get tendinitis as one leg does "more" than the other at times, so dry needling helped that. Otherwise smooth sailing.