Greetings
My father just had a tkr and is experiencing a LOT of post-op bleeding (also bad reactions to anasthesia, but that's another story). From my mom's email:
also lost a good deal of blood post-op because, they
inform us, his knee was so arthritic that a lot of spongy/scar tissue
had formed around it over the years, so when the new knee was in place
and the incision stitched shut there wasn't the usual pressure on the
vessels; instead there was a pocket into which the vessels continued to
bleed. The pocket should shrink somewhat over time but one doctor
hinted that this is not the ideal for optimum operation of the new
joint.
---does anyone know what the long-term possible effects this bleeding could have on my dad's new knee? The big questions are hiking and biking, especially biking, which is one of my dad's major sources of R&R.
(My dad is also on blood thinners usually for high blood pressure, though he was taken off them before the surgery)
Any advice and/or insight much appreciated!
--numberfourson
