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Different leg lengths after TKR

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mary12001
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i had a total knee replacement on the left leg in 2016 after which the left leg was longer than the other, which meant I had to get all my shoes altered and I was starting to have lower back pain.

in 2020 the prosthetic was deemed unstable. i recently had revision surgery in which the old prosthetic was taken out and a new one put in. nearly a five hour op! miraculously the back pain has gone and my legs are now the same size in length. Would you say it was the prosthetic that caused this?

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