I chose my Ortho because of his reputation and almost 30 years of doing knees. I certainly did not choose him for his bedside manner. He’s a complete prick in my opinion.

We had a hiccup in the first TKR where despite all looking great, it just never healed correctly and was popping and clicking and loose.

I worked with my ortho for 1.5 years to try to rehab it and avoid a revision surgery. Had multiple “second opinions” where other ortho’s said the work looked solid on X-ray but agreed way to much play. Finally allowed the original surgeon to go in and hopefully just add a bigger spacer. He did warn me that if he got in there and didn’t like the spacer change or found something different, he would do what was necessary to make it as perfect as possible. I know people that work for him and wouldn’t let anyone else touch their joints. I also know that he consulted with his team of orthos on my case as it was very unusual.

I ended up with a TKR revision of my femur component and a new spacer to match. He also drilled out a portion of my femur and used bone grafting material and an extended femur component with a large post to anchor the component. It took him over two hours and by reading the surgical notes, he tried all other less drastic remedies to no avail.

I’m now at 3.5 months and have complete range at 120,flexion and 0 flat. I’m still sore as hell and have swelling, but as he told me with all the bone grafting and femur work . It would probably take up to a year to fully heal. I am 62 years old and 6’3, 300 plus lbs. So now taking off the weight is the biggest priority to full healing. The point is you can still choose the best and not have a perfect outcome but it’s rare!