MUA and TKR Revision
#1
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MUA and TKR Revision
Folks,
I had to have an MUA and revision on my right TKR this past Tuesday, Jan 30th. I had hit a plateau form week 7 through week 12 at 116 deg passive flexation. During the MUA the doctor and his very strong assistant could not manipulate the leg enough to tear through the scar tissue/soft tissue adhesions. We had talked about this possibility befor surgery thus he went straight in and surgically removed the remaining scar tissue etc, made a adjustment to the femur component and put a slighty thinner pad. Have any of you had to have an MUA with a revision, or not and how did your recovery go.
Tailwinds,
Charlie
I had to have an MUA and revision on my right TKR this past Tuesday, Jan 30th. I had hit a plateau form week 7 through week 12 at 116 deg passive flexation. During the MUA the doctor and his very strong assistant could not manipulate the leg enough to tear through the scar tissue/soft tissue adhesions. We had talked about this possibility befor surgery thus he went straight in and surgically removed the remaining scar tissue etc, made a adjustment to the femur component and put a slighty thinner pad. Have any of you had to have an MUA with a revision, or not and how did your recovery go.
Tailwinds,
Charlie
#2
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Manipulation Under Anesthesia After Total Knee Replacement
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Manipulation Under Anesthesia After Total Knee Replacement
https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/treatm...er-anesthesia/
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How much of a setback was it? Did it reset your recovery clock back to day 1? Did you regain your ROM quicker or with less pain? Sorry I just have a lot of questions.
Tailwinds.
Charlie
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I hadn’t heard of the MUA either and had to read up on the explanation posted above. I’m currently at 14 weeks post-op for TKR (24 Oct 2023). I’ve been feeling really pretty good with the exception of some stiffness just after prolonged sitting…but my ROM seems quite good. I began back riding just two days after the surgery…slow, indoor stationary the first week…and actually out on the road after that. I’ve been back to my regular distances and pace since then, and I’m thinking that it has helped prevent full onset of MUA. But, now after reading what it is, and how to prevent it…I’m going to double-up on stretching and ROM exercises. — Dan
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I hadn’t heard of the MUA either and had to read up on the explanation posted above. I’m currently at 14 weeks post-op for TKR (24 Oct 2023). I’ve been feeling really pretty good with the exception of some stiffness just after prolonged sitting…but my ROM seems quite good. I began back riding just two days after the surgery…slow, indoor stationary the first week…and actually out on the road after that. I’ve been back to my regular distances and pace since then, and I’m thinking that it has helped prevent full onset of MUA. But, now after reading what it is, and how to prevent it…I’m going to double-up on stretching and ROM exercises. — Dan
We decided to go with the MUA and it alone did not achieve satisfactory results (which my doctor suspected might be the case). They opened up my knee and there considerable “tough” scar tissue wrapped around muscle, tendon everywhere. He removed the scar tissue with a scalpel and made an adjustment on the femur component and pad thickness to assist ROM).
Now I am basically back to post TKR day 1, except no home health. I started outpatient PT the day after surgery and I will be going 4 days a week. This is unchartered territory for me. Yes, people do have this revision but you can’t find out much on the net except for studies, and what reads like hospitals and doctors sales brochures. So just curious if others have been down this road, or know of some who has.
Tailwinds,
Charlie