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What Is The Treatment For The Bruising And Swelling Of The Knee?

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 push coming in & skip the antibiotics? The PA said the MD said they would have to operate to remove it. It is very painful
Thu, 31 Mar 2016
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Hi there
I 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 Orthopeadic surgeon to come back then it is probably infected and I would then suggest that you see another orthopaedic surgeon as soon as possible. If you are coping on pain medications and can wait for you surgeon that is also good.
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What Is The Treatment For The Bruising And Swelling Of The Knee?

Hi there I 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 Orthopeadic surgeon to come back then it is probably infected and I would then suggest that you see another orthopaedic surgeon as soon as possible. If you are coping on pain medications and can wait for you surgeon that is also good.