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How does one person need 4 knee replacements in 10 years?
by magic_beans 10y ago
How does one person need 4 knee replacements in 10 years?
- runamok 10y agoBecause American health care payments are based on quantity and not quality? ;-)
- trome 10y agoPartially, the upstream vendor (Stryker) made some defective knee replacement joints that wear out prematurely, causing pain and issues walking. Opening the knee back up and replacing most of the parts with better designed parts is what has to be done after a decade, then you get to sit there for months and heal.
- trome 10y agoPoor post-op care for the initial two, combined with Stryker making some very low quality knee replacements. Thus why you'd need another knee replacement after a decade
- magic_beans 10y agoThat's devastating :(
- zaccus 10y agoAggressive rheumatoid arthritis could be one reason.