Dressing after total knee arthroplasty

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Dressing after total knee arthroplasty - February 6, 2000 6:36:00 AM

Susan Schneider

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Joined: June 28, 1999
From: Millboro, VA USA
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Can anyone out there share what they are seeing surgeons use as dressings immediately after a total knee? At the hospital where I work the surgeons use a very bulky Jones drsg- lots of batting and ACE wrap. This is really inhibiting pt's from getting their flexion back. Sometimes we're unable to get the CPM set higher than 0-40 because the drsg is so big. We've spoken to the surgeons and they're willing to make a change if we can come up with an alternative which will be somewhat compressive and less cumbersome. Thanks for any input!