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Anybody here had a torn meniscus repaired?
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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 2758862" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>Knee replacements have a pretty set "life"... they guesstimate around 20 years right now, I think. So if you're likely going to outlive the prosthesis by very long, they will try to put you off as long as humanly possible to avoid you wearing it out. So if you're 45 and "need" a new knee, you can count on the doc trying to get you another 10 or more years out of your current one. Replacing a replacement ain't a minor thing. I'm trying to think of someone who had a "routine" 2nd replacement and I can't. A few who got a second one after an infection or an accident, maybe. But that's NOT something you wanna deal with. I know one guy who had to have his prosthetic removed and lived WITHOUT a knee for 6 months or a year due to an infection he developed and they had to let everything heal up first to make sure there was no infection left after removing the hardware before they could put another one in. Heck, most times in that kind of situation, they're just going to look at amputation and full-on total prosthetic leg. Not a good solution.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Knees are a *****.</p><p></p><p><edit> My step-grandfather in Tulsa is in his late 80s, working on a prosthetic knee. No way anyone is going to replace it now and it is SHOT. Damn thing looks like he's walking on a cobbled-together sock full of croquet balls and is all but immobile... but he keeps on keepin' on. Damn fart, outlived his titanium knee by 10 or 15 years now. Hell, the cardiologist gave him a new aortic valve and was less concerned than the orthopod about replacing his knee again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 2758862, member: 9374"] Knee replacements have a pretty set "life"... they guesstimate around 20 years right now, I think. So if you're likely going to outlive the prosthesis by very long, they will try to put you off as long as humanly possible to avoid you wearing it out. So if you're 45 and "need" a new knee, you can count on the doc trying to get you another 10 or more years out of your current one. Replacing a replacement ain't a minor thing. I'm trying to think of someone who had a "routine" 2nd replacement and I can't. A few who got a second one after an infection or an accident, maybe. But that's NOT something you wanna deal with. I know one guy who had to have his prosthetic removed and lived WITHOUT a knee for 6 months or a year due to an infection he developed and they had to let everything heal up first to make sure there was no infection left after removing the hardware before they could put another one in. Heck, most times in that kind of situation, they're just going to look at amputation and full-on total prosthetic leg. Not a good solution. Knees are a *****. <edit> My step-grandfather in Tulsa is in his late 80s, working on a prosthetic knee. No way anyone is going to replace it now and it is SHOT. Damn thing looks like he's walking on a cobbled-together sock full of croquet balls and is all but immobile... but he keeps on keepin' on. Damn fart, outlived his titanium knee by 10 or 15 years now. Hell, the cardiologist gave him a new aortic valve and was less concerned than the orthopod about replacing his knee again! [/QUOTE]
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