diabetes

Knee replacement patients are generally in the ‘autumn of their days’. It’s important to ensure your family is part of the education process when knee replacement surgery is pending. Their support is critical for a successful rehab which can take months after surgery. Ask that they attend the pre-op clinic with you so any questions they have can be answered. Like you, they will want to know about the risks involved in surgery, the medications you will find it necessary to take, the rehab protocol and in general, how they can assist your recovery.

Neuropathy in diabetic patients after TKA

In this paper the authors present two patients with diabetes who had lower limb nerve problems after total knee replacement. Neither had a problem with neuropathy before their current surgery. One of the patients was having a revision knee replacement after developing arthrofibrosis.