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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / May 2006Arthroscopic Surgery for Severe Knee Arthritis
Just wondering if anyone has had arthroscopic surgery on their knee when it is bone on bone and no cartilage left? My ortho thought it might be beneficial and delay the inevitable TKR. His reasoning is that there is always something that can be cleaned up. But if the cartilage is all gone, is it worth it? I forgot to ask him if you can do any shaving of the distal femur or the tibia during the scope in order to make the motion smoother. If anyone has had experience in this, I would love to hear about it. Thanks-Tortoise > Just wondering if anyone has had arthroscopic surgery on their knee > when it is bone on bone and no cartilage left? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks-Tortoise Hi,,,, Really good questions best answered by the doctor that wants to do the procedure. Please get a better understand with the doc on what is or will take place and what it will do for you. No, I can't help you from experience but I hope several will. Harv I had arthroscopic surgery done on the same knee twice. My experiences were that the first time it really helped for several years, the second time it didn't work at all but there was no cartiledge left. I've now had replacements on both knees and both hips and they are fine. Sincerely Lorrie F > > Just wondering if anyone has had arthroscopic surgery on their knee > > when it is bone on bone and no cartilage left? [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > experience but I hope several will. > Harv Very simple answer from one who knows: arthroscopic surgery wasted, only causing more pain! I was bone on bone, no cartilage left in my right knee. Changed orthopedic doctors and in another city and had a TKR done within 3 weeks! I was 56 years old at the time. Total success and doing well. Nanny > Just wondering if anyone has had arthroscopic surgery on their knee > when it is bone on bone and no cartilage left? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks-Tortoise Thanks all for the info. I am not 50 yet so I don't want to push the TKR. I just need to go back and ask more questions but I wanted to hear from some of you who had been through it. Thanks Tortoise It bought me about one year. Frankly, having two recoup times was really annoying. I would have preferred to have the TKR and get on with my life. The surgery, the pain, the recoup were the same in the beginning. It got better with the first surgery but almost immediately began to go downhill again. I love my new knee and I can count on it. That is what matters to me. BTW, I dance ballroom and counting on the knee is really important to me. Having two recoup times off the dance floor was really annoying. Yes I know they wanted to give me longer 'life' with the artificial but if the 'life' didn't include dancing then it is not worth it to me. That is three years I will not get back. Duckie > Just wondering if anyone has had arthroscopic surgery on their knee > when it is bone on bone and no cartilage left? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks-Tortoise It helps for a real short time, but the best thing I ever did was replace both of my knees. You get your life back and that is what it is all about. Lyn >> Just wondering if anyone has had arthroscopic surgery on their knee >> when it is bone on bone and no cartilage left? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> Thanks-Tortoise |
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