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Re: Chronic swelling in allograft knee
Posted By: drmark
Date: Friday, 28 March 2008, at 5:05 p.m.
In Response To: Chronic swelling in allograft knee (Patti K.)
> Due to chronic swelling in my knee, it was suggested by Dr
> Mark to look into how my allograft was sterilized 7 years
> ago. The company I got my graft from has never used
> ethylene oxide; it was treated in gentimiacin (sp?). I
> couldn't find much information about gentimiacin, except
> for what my old OS's office told me which is that it's an
> antibiotic.
> Any other suggestions that I can mention to my current OS?
> Just a quick background: I had the allograft 7 years ago
> and have problems with chronic swelling ever since. I fell
> down some stairs about 2 months ago, and my knee hasn't
> been unswollen since then. New OS thought at first it was a
> torn meniscus, but MRI states it's intact.
> Other symptoms: It's super tight on the outside of the knee
> up where the patella attaches, and also where the screw is.
> This area can also get really sore, but not sharp pain.
> There's almost always pain on the joint line on the
> outside, sometimes sharp, like when I do any side-to-side
> motion or kneeling. Occasional pain on the inside joint
> line, generally when it's swollen.
> Let me know if anyone has any suggestions, and thanks.
They would have soaked it in gentamycin at the time of implantation. What about in the lab prior to going to your hospital? That was where the EO would have been applied.
Messages In This Thread
- Chronic swelling in allograft knee (views: 351) -- Patti K. -- Friday, 28 March 2008, at 1:40 p.m.
- Just back from the OS (views: 242) -- Patti K. -- Friday, 4 April 2008, at 1:54 p.m.
- Re: Chronic swelling in allograft knee (views: 259) -- drmark -- Friday, 28 March 2008, at 5:05 p.m.
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