I had total knee replacement on 12/11/14. I fell off a tandem bike onto to concrete 5/22/2014. Went back to surgeon, they took xrays (saw the PA only) said everything replacement wise was ok, badly bruised & swollen still, PA tried to aspirate swollen bursa last Friday with no success. I want to see a doctor (my surgeon is out sick) PA messaged me back after asking a MD in the office & they want to try antibiotics. Should I pusChatDoctoring in & skip the antibiotics? The PA said the MD said they would have to operate to remove it. It is very painful
Hi their understand you have a post-traumatic bursitis. Over your knee. One thing you must avoid at all cost is introducing an infection into your knee joint which will infect your replacement prosthesis. An infected knee replacement is very difficult and costly to treat requiring many admissions to hospital. One thing that can cause such an infection is multiple aspirations of your bursitis. Please avoid this. If the pain is so bad that you can't wait for your Orthopedic surgeon to come back then it is probably infected, and I would then suggest that you see another orthopedic surgeon as soon as possible. If you are coping on pain medications and can wait for you surgeon that is also good.