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Excellent advice regardless of which doctor you choose!
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Not familiar with local orthopedists, but....
Smaller incision means less exposure within the joint itself. So that must mean different hardware is implanted. "No muscle or tendon cutting" equals less pain, shorter rehab. Sounds good but there must be a trade off some where. So basically I would want answers to two questions: 1) why doesn't everyone do the procedure this way??? 2) how is the "new" joint going to look 5 to 10 years out??? I.e. How long does it hold up before further work??? I'm not trying to be critical, but it would really like to know the answers to my questions. PS I am a retired anesthesiologist. |
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Why don't other Drs do it from the side which spares cutting muscle and ligaments?? Simple answer is They were trained the old fashion way and it would take too much time and effort away from their successful practice to learn a new technique which is totally different than how they are used to doing business. If you go to Dr Nguyens' seminar or his web site, you will see how and why he developed this new technique..As a young Doctor he saw knee replacement patients in much pain and his goal was to reduce or eliminate pain from the equation. Another suggestion for anyone considering knee replacement surgery is to go to the Dr waiting room and talk to patients who have just recently had the operation performed and get their first hand views. Another place to go is local PT facilities and talk to PT's and patients getting their perspective on who is doing the best regarding Total Knee Replacement surgeries. |
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Played 18 holes of golf 22 days after Dr. Nguyen's replacement.
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Dr. Nguyen is a pioneer. His background was saving limbs that other doctors could not.
The knee hardware is the same as other doctors, he simply inserts the hardware from the side, not the front and therefore does not cut through your muscles and tendons. He numbs the inside of your knee so pain is so minimal! My procedure on both knees was outpatient. Please do yourself a favor and at least check this out.
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I was in to my doctor yesterday for consult on having my other knee done and I asked him about the Stryker knee and he said "junk", the company has had hundreds of both hip and knee recalls. I did notice that they no longer have ads of their "get around knee" on TV. These are the best videos that I have found on orthopedic procedures. If you want knee, choose and then choose from list ....TKR is last on list. Very informative. Http://www.southshoreorthopedics.com...ocedure-in-3d/ |
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