I have a history of pulmonary emboli and dvt in dec 2010 and a history of 3 abdominal surgeries, all with infection. I am in desperate need of a knee replacement. How high of a risk am I? I am 66 years old. no hx. of stroke or cardiac problems. My poor health is mostly related to arthritis OA and fibromyalgia. I have very limted movement and even that is very painful.
Hi, thank you for giving me an opportunity to assess you.First I should be thankful to you for providing me a brief history of your illness. You need to focus on some small exercises to get strength in your muscles. The risk of TKR is not big and 99% of the times successful. Still I will recommend you to undergo a physical therapy session for some days before undergoing a surgery. As the physical therapist will help you to regain strength in the muscles which later post surgery will recover faster. Kindly focus on doing more of static quads, hams, atm, SLR and core strengthening. The body works as a unit. So please focus on strengthening the muscles on both sides of the body which will help you the best outcome for knee replacement. I wish you a speedy recovery. Thank you