Estou pensando em comprar isso. Alguém com experiência aqui?
Cartiva está sendo usado para substituir a articulação proximal do dedão... você está considerando essa substituição?
Cartiva é um substituto sintético de cartilagem, não um substituto de articulação.
Sim, estou pensando em fazer isso. Tentando encontrar alguém que já tenha feito e sua experiência.
Obrigado.
I am having it done at Penn in Philly this Wednesday. I will let you know how I make out!
Incrível! Os melhores votos para você!!
Obrigado por postar!!
Tenho uma consulta em 3 semanas para discutir ter isso também.
Thank you! I am actually pretty excited to about this new option and getting this done an over with. Seems like a much better option then a fusion and the recovery is much better too! I will let you know how I make out. If you are near the Philadelphia area I am having it done by Dr. Wapner.
Oi Virginia,
Já se passou quase um mês - só queria saber como você está? Como foi?
Desejo o melhor para você!!
Hi Krista, I am doing great. Having surgery and being off your feet is tuff regardless but It was bearable esp since I was able to keep my foot elevated and iced for almost two weeks which is important for a quick recovery. I just used crutches when I needed to get up. I was walking on my heel, within a week and full weight bearing by two weeks! I can start driving and wearing sneaks Monday which is almost a month after surgery. I do therapy on my toe every day bending it back and forth and although its a little stiff its moving well and I expect it to only get better if I keep up with the therapy. I am still convinced this is the only way to go considering the options. Feel free to check back in with me and I will keep you posted as time goes on since that will be the real test!!
Hi! I could not believe my eyes when I read this.I had Cartiva with Dr. Wapner on March 1. I have been in bed icing and elevating for the past 5 days. I dont have any pain at this point. It just feels stiff. I have minor swelling. Do you think I need to continue icing? I tried to heel walk today and it is too difficult. Not because of pain but because the shoe he gave me feels clumsy. Is it too early? I would like to know how you are doing now. Did you get your foot in your normal size sneaker or did you have to go up a size or width? Are you back to your normal activities? I can't wait for your reply!
Hi Krista, Did you have this done yet? I had my surgery 5 days ago. Too early to tell how I will progress. I am in bed icing and elevating and using crutches. Good Luck
Hi Rosalyn, Good to hear from you. I had my surgery on Feb 1st and am doing great. Starting back at the gym tomorrow after only 1 month (bike only)! I would suggest icing and elevating (toes to nose) for a full two weeks if you can. That's a big part of recovery even if it's not swollen. It will continue to swell here and there most likely. Give it time and let it heal. I walked on my heel with only the surgical shoe for a good 3 weeks since that what Dr. Wapner said I then wore my birkenstocks around the house for about a week but I really didn't walk much in general. It seems like a long time but it will be over before you know it. I started wearing my same sized sneaks one month after the surgery. Now I am walking almost normal. A little pain here and there but not much. I am not allowed to do any jumping/aerobics for another month but overall I couldn't be happier. No comparison to the option of fusing my toe!
How was the bike? Did you have any pain with it? I am a group fitness instructor and I hope to be able to get back to teaching classes and do what I love. You are giving me hope and I started icing after reading your reply to me. Was your shoe Wapner gave you after surgery the beige one with 2 Velcro strips? It does not stay on my foot. Have a good day!
The bike was just fine. No pain! Give it time you'll get there. My shoe was the beige one with velcro. I didn't have problems with it staying on for the most part. It was akward to walk in but it stayed on. I wore a sneak on the other foot and that helped. Hang in there you'll be better before you know it!
Oi krista,
Fiquei tão feliz em encontrar este fórum. Vi o implante Cartiva no noticiário ontem à noite e comecei a pesquisar imediatamente. Tenho artrite no dedão do pé e tenho uma amplitude de movimento muito limitada e dor constante. E venho usando sapatos feios há alguns anos agora. Não queria fazer a fusão e o que li sobre outros implantes não me deu muita esperança. Moro em Connecticut e vou entrar em contato com um médico ortopédico imediatamente para ver sobre fazer isso. Como você está? E foi difícil encontrar um cirurgião? Quanto tempo você ficou fora do trabalho?
Agradeço sua resposta e obrigada novamente por iniciar este fórum.
Hi Tracey!
I had this done in Philadelphia March 1. It is not as easy of a recovery that I thought. I am in a post operative shoe still. I have throbbing constantly. I am almost 3 weeks. I was in bed for a good 13 days ice and elevation before I came downstairs for dinner. Now I get around the house fine in the shoe but I lay down with my foot up every hour. I am not driving yet. I have no swelling and very little bruising but still throbbing pain. I lived in constant pain from arthritis and it was so bad all the time that I did not want to go to social events just thinking about the pain. Like you, I was limited in my footwear. So this is way better than fusion but not the easy recovery I thought. I would tell you to do it before you are not a candidate anymore. Let me know how you make out!
Rosalyn
Hi Virginia. I just had my cartiva implant surgery on Tuesday in Kansas City (we live in St Louis) and i'm curious how you're doing now? I'm already weight bearing on my heel in the boot when walking, starting Pt in a few days. Elevate when i'm not needing to be up, but it's going well WITH PAIN MEDS! it definitely hurts but i'm hopeful this is the beginning of the end of my toe pain!
Hi Rosalyn. I just had my cartiva implant surgery on Tuesday in Kansas City (we live in St Louis) and i'm curious how you're doing now? I'm already weight bearing on my heel in the boot when walking, starting Pt in a few days. Elevate when i'm not needing to be up, but it's going well WITH PAIN MEDS! it definitely hurts but i'm hopeful this is the beginning of the end of my toe pain!
Wow...Rosalyn....hope you are doing better than this post now...i know i replied to you on another one also, but my doctor wanted me up and weight bearing asap, as soon as the nerve block wore off. so that's what i've been doing. And he didn't say to put ice on it, just elevate toes above nose for several days.
Oi Tracey,
Fiz minha cirurgia há 10 dias. Tive uma Cheilectomia falhada em dezembro de 2015, então para essa cirurgia passei muito tempo pesquisando para encontrar, acredito eu, o médico certo. Já consultei mais de 10 cirurgiões ortopédicos e o que escolhi olhou não apenas minha artrite no MTP, mas toda a mecânica do meu pé. Sua opinião foi que eu precisava encurtar o metatarso na articulação do dedão, além de corrigir o que foi feito errado na primeira cirurgia, então... uma bagunça. Ele já fez mais de 50 cirurgias com Cartiva e é especialista em pé e tornozelo. Passei um ano pesquisando antes de decidir. Então, minha recuperação será baseada na fusão do meio do pé mais do que na Cartiva, o que é muito mais longo.
Estou esperançosa de que a Cartiva seja a certa para mim. Tenho os resultados recentes do estudo da Cartiva feito nos EUA.
Minha única outra opção era uma fusão do MTP e sou muito ativa para querer seguir esse caminho agora. A fusão do meio do pé está na próxima articulação, que de qualquer forma não se move muito. Ao se mover/caminhar, a maior parte da pressão e flexão está na articulação do MTP.
Após a primeira cirurgia, tive mais dor e muito pouco ROM.
O médico disse que tudo correu bem e está otimista com o resultado. Tiro os pontos em cerca de uma semana, quando começarei a usar a bota por 10 a 12 semanas.
Desculpe não poder ajudar muito com relação à Cartiva especificamente agora, mas espero poder fornecer mais informações em alguns meses, quando puder começar a usá-la.
Só posso enfatizar, faça sua pesquisa! Encontre a solução certa para você e depois encontre um cirurgião habilidoso com muita experiência nisso.
Thank you Rosalyn and Tracey, I had Cordiva big toe joint replacement surgery five days ago and thought my recovery misery was unique. Crutches did not work welfor me, but a cane has been much more useful, but slow. The toe throbs constantly. Keeping it elevated on a pad coverd with pillows helps.
Do Others know how long one can expect total recovery to take??
Doug