Conformis
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Just found out I can get a "Conformis" custom replacement rather than off the "shelf" if I choose to do so. Anyone on the forum have any input about them. Positive or negative. I did see they had recall on one of there products a few years ago. Seems they have straightened that out. Thanks
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debz13 Psychonurse
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I say go for it!
patricia25467 Psychonurse
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captainrandy patricia25467
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i will be getting conformis in october, but i thought the conformis operation was a low evasive knee replacement,and recovery was faster?
shirley87865 Psychonurse
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chris08117 Psychonurse
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I also had a Conformis knee in July 1015 so am 6 months post op. Are you in the UK? They are quite unusual here and I had a hell of a battle with my insurers but I won in the end.
I certainly thought it was the way forward. My surgeon and also someone on this forum compared it to buying a ready made shoe to a custom made! However, although I think my range of movement is good I am still having muscular pain. Hopefully this will improve.
gabi56 Psychonurse
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nada67532 gabi56
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shirley87865 Psychonurse
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Hello, I had my TKR( left) done in 2015 also. My doctor used the Conformis also and I still have pain in that knee. In fact I am still taking one Celebrex a night for the pain. The last time I saw my doctor which was in 2016, he said everything was fine, so I don't know. I'm always scared I'm gon fall. I just figured this is the way it's going to be. I just hope that my right knee doesn't start bothering me because I'm not sure I can do this again.
joe85482 Psychonurse
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I had the ConforMis total knee replacement in August 2017. I have popping and grinding in the knee and pain associated with the knee. My Dr. says I am in the 10 to 20% that has this problem. He also said there was nothing he could do about it. I must admit the pain is less than before the surgery and I am more mobile. If I had it to do over again, I would have tried stem cell first. Nothing to lose and I could always go for the knee replacement if the stem cell did not work. Can't get stem cell if the replacement surgery does not work.
nada67532 joe85482
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I am trying to get an appt with a different Orthopaedic Surgeon, for a second opinion.. However, that is difficult to do.
Like you , I so wish I had tried something else first.
joe85482 nada67532
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tracey07221 nada67532
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I had a conformis system put in my total knee replacement August 2018, San Jose, CA, and have suffered multiple issues ever since. Severe fluid leakage, infection that has continued well over 8 weeks, two rounds of antibiotics which did nothing, constant clicking, popping and clanking with even the slightest movement. I am very unhappy. The instability from any movement in my knee gives me a ton of anxiety because it feels horrible. I've not met anyone who has encountered this issue, but I am finding this online. I am wishing I had researched this knee system instead of taking the word of the surgeon on it. I suspect it is not going to last me the 20 years it should, and I don't look forward to having this crap replaced any time soon. How I am going to live with this pain and instability when I am still so young, I have no clue.