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Post Knee spacer surgery care
My grandma undergone for knee revision surgery. They said cement spacer placed instead of knee. 6th day of post surgery. Now she had mild water or blood Leakage on stitches. I have if sugery leg can be bend as old? Why we lifting we feel something pressed or moving feel. What does that? Can we make her walk or bend the leg. She had severe infection on first knee replacement surgery. At her weight 100kg. Obesity ... Dressed with sterile cotton pack. Please help for post care
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Cement spacers are placed with knee in extension.
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Refer to your treating surgeon for post operative instructions as they would be the best judge of the patient's condition.
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Please don’t bend the knee if it is a non articulating spacer. It will be removed and new implants will be fixed. You can move after that.
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