Guest guest Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Hi my husband may be looking at knee replacement for osteonecrosis ( avascular necrosis. Please post and let me know what you know. thanks, in Co. > > Hi, > > New to the group, obviously, I am just wondering if > anyone who has had total knee replacement done so due > to Avascular Necrosis of the knees. i will talk more > later, just putting out a feeler to see if this makes > sense to talk about here. > > Regards, > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I recently (12/3/04) had a THR due to AVN. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have...but it was a hip, not a knee/ markhunter9_1999 <jmk@...> wrote: Hi my husband may be looking at knee replacement for osteonecrosis ( avascular necrosis. Please post and let me know what you know.thanks,in Co.> > Hi, > > New to the group, obviously, I am just wondering if> anyone who has had total knee replacement done so due> to Avascular Necrosis of the knees. i will talk more> later, just putting out a feeler to see if this makes> sense to talk about here.> > Regards,> > > __________________________________________________> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Hi Mark, he has had 4 surgeries that were incredibly painful. He is on a full regimen of narcotics. This all started in 2001. He has had Cd's with bone grafts and regular CD's. He is terrified of any more surgery. We are in Co. and have found an ortho to treat his AVN. Are there any special considerations for knee replacement for patients with AVN? I also need to find out about the new ceramic knees with some side to side rotation. I feel that we need to have this info before we consider TKR. He sees his ortho in May to determine what is next. I imagine he will have an MRI to see what is going on with the AVN. His AVN showed up after a meniscus tear surgery. He no longer goes to that ortho. He left his knee a mess and told him to learn to live with it. The doc he sees know has been treating the AVN with CD and trying to smooth up his femoral head in the knee. Any incite would be appreciated. thanks, in Co. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Avascular Necrosis has anyone had or treated a paitent with this condition. I no a patient with this condition that is following a protocol of 2.4 for one hour and is doing very well. Just wondering if anyone out there may be willing to share there experiences with this if you have had a patient. Darin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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