Originally Posted by
rhawkins
Denver Fox- congratulations to your wife! My knees were too far gone to have anything but total knee replacements (the kind where they saw the old knee out and replace the whole she-bang with titanium. I had gotten very bowlegged from the arthritis so the ligaments were under quite a bit of stress. I had 3 months of physical therapy and I continue to work out at the YMCA daily. Considering that I walk quicker and with less pain than I did before the surgery, I already say that the surgery was a big success.
Yes, my wife had a total knee replacement (the kind as you describe above) but using the "minimally invasive" technique where they do not cut so many muscles, and actually do the replacement from the opposite side for entry (as I understand it). Minimally invasive leads to quicker recovery.