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How knee replacement surgery ended years of pain – and got patient back on her feet

  • Lu Gau-cyun, like many ageing Hongkongers, needed surgery after suffering from degenerative osteoarthritis
  • Foundation helps fund treatment at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road for underprivileged patients

In partnership with:Hong Kong Adventist Hospital
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Hong Kong patient Lu Gau-cyun, 62, has been having regular physiotherapy since her knee replacement surgery five weeks ago at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road, and is now pain free.

Eight years ago, Lu Gau-cyun was forced to retire from her job because of worsening pain in her left knee. Four years later she was forced to start using a walking stick.

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“My feet began to turn in and I was getting more bow-legged to avoid putting pressure on the knee,” Lu says. “When I walked, I waddled like a duck. I often ended up in a cold sweat because of the pain.”

I feel like I am almost 100 per cent back to normal … I look forward to going out and resuming my normal activities
Lu Gau-cyun, knee replacement patient

Yet five weeks after successful knee replacement surgery, the 62-year-old is pain free and starting to walk independently again.

The operation was performed by Dr Sha Wai-leung, a consultant in orthopaedics and traumatology at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road, in Happy Valley. So far, Sha is very happy with Lu’s progress.

Lu Gau-cyun (above), a patient at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road, was able to walk, albeit gingerly, the day after her knee replacement surgery.
Lu Gau-cyun (above), a patient at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Stubbs Road, was able to walk, albeit gingerly, the day after her knee replacement surgery.
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Lu was able to walk, albeit gingerly, the day after surgery and was discharged from Adventist only three days later.

I was getting more bow-legged to avoid putting pressure on the knee. When I walked, I waddled like a duck. I often ended up in a cold sweat because of the pain
Lu Gau-cyun
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