Does NHS knee-replacement surgery really work?

I SYMPATHISE with Pat white over her failed knee-replacement operation (Mail), but I had such a good outcome that I would recommend anyone to consider having a total knee replacement. I had a full ball-and-socket knee replacement, also in 2012, at the age of 77, because of worn-out cartilage, and it has been 100 per cent successful. I followed all the pre and post operation instructions to the letter and my new knee functions exactly as it did before the op. Getting to this stage and regaining full movement was a gradual and painful exercise, essential to overcome the operation and achieve the best results. I’ve been pain-free for the past two-anda-half years and was playing golf six months after the op. so do think about a full knee replacement: mine was successful because I had an excellent nhs surgeon.

RONALD WARRISS, Dronfield, Derbys. I ECHO totally the feelings and experience regarding full knee replacement reported by Mrs Pat White. She has my every sympathy. I’m delighted for those who have successfully been given new knees, but, like Mrs White, I have suffered for four years following unsuccessful full right knee replacement. I’m in great pain, can walk only very slowly, have swollen legs, a swollen knee, a skewed leg, nerve pains and unsteadiness and have had to have toenail surgery and a raft of analgesics. My whole lifestyle and joie de vivre has changed drastically. I need two sticks and await the inevitable operation on a second knee with very mixed feelings. My only salvation is a parking Blue Badge acquired after the greatest struggle with bureaucracy.

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