“”My understanding is that he died from an infection caused by knee replacement surgery, and that this infection is very common in men after such a surgery.””
Oh! WOW - I didn’t know that. We had a friend who has been fighting infection from two knee replacements going on 3 years, I would say. He goes to the hospital over and over and they remove the replacements - treat him over and over with antibiotics and nothing works...goes home only to go back again to the hospital.
Good Lord!
That sound absolutely terrible.
Both of my knees are trick knees. The trick that they can do is bend to the right or left, which hurts a lot.
I bent my right knee with wrong way twice in karate and once with a bike accident.
I bent my left knee sideways once with an inline skating fall.
So I am sure both of my knees could stand replacement, but I will never, ever do that based upon what I have heard about complications resulting from this, now including this story that you relayed.
Seems like the best thing to do is to never open them up.
That’s something I’ve never heard before. Good info and warning.
I have had two knee replaced by two different surgeons, considered to be the best in our state. Both told me that infection was the biggest threat, but they had slightly difference in their approach to the post surgery protocol. I chose a middle course of action, that has worked well out after over 20 years.
Do not mess with Mother Nature on this one.
We always made sure husband didn’t get cadaver knee caps due to high risk of post infection. He has two artificial knees and has them for 9-10 yrs and no infections ever.
Personally know two people who have had amputations after knee replacement surgery from MRSA infections.
Should win the lottery with those odds, no?