I provide anesthesia for patients undergoing knee replacement surgery and my mother and BIL had it done. It’s one of the more painful operations you can recover from. With that being said, pain is very subjective and having a good surgeon is key. A Total Knee replacement surgery should take no longer than 60-90 minutes in length. Make sure you have a surgeon that is good and quick. As far as anesthesia, make sure you get a spinal anesthetic for surgery and that they do a pos op adductor canal and vastus medialis nerve block at minimum. If they can also do an IPACK block, that will also be helpful for the first 12-24hrs. Having a spinal for the case will reduce your risk of post op thrombus formation by 50%. Make sure you are up and moving that knee post op.

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Posted by LemmyLives

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Posted on 3/11/24 at 3:46 pm to Asleepinthecove

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make sure you get a spinal anesthetic

You do understand that patients have zero control over the procedure or the medications administered, right?

A neighbor (ex OL in college) had one replaced about three years back. He was fine quite quickly, although he was a large man (6'4", 280 or so, etc.) He was normally mobile in a few weeks. I don't even think he had a cane at any point, but he probably had higher bone density than most people in their 50s, which I assume would make recovery easier.

My Grandma had multiple lower body joints replaced, and she had to hit stairs, every single day. She is dust, but that hip and knee are probably shiny in her casket, and could be used again. Three cheers for titanium.

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