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S taking oral steroids prevent me from a knee replacement surgery?
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Depends on what the problem is. Please give more details. Better yet as someone who has seen and examined you and your knee.
Answered 5/7/2023
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Not prevent it, but rather delay it. It has to do with the amount of damage and intensity of symptoms/ loss of function. Your best resource remains your orthopedic surgeon in order to time right the actual surgery.
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