is this true?

Question

if you made knee replacement ssugeary u need clearance from dr before getting into a plane?

Answer 1

You should reword your question to make it a little clearer. You don't need a doctors clearance to fly in a plane as a passenger. You do need to pass a medical flight clearance to serve a a pilot or crew-member on an aircraft after surgery.

Answer 2

I don't know if it is true or not but I would advise you get a doctor's okay before flying. When I went to England in high school, I had fluid behind my knees that really didn't bother me until I got on the plane. It was excruciating on the flight back and my leg was very swollen. I wouldn't want you to go through that after having a knee so painful that required surgery.

Answer 3

my grandfather had one and well he was recovering for a long time but i don't remember anything about him needing a clearance to get on a plane to come down to Florida.

but in any case for any surgery i would get clearance from the doctor because you never know what can happen.

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and if u mean clearance to pass through security.. well the doctor will give u a card that explains what you have inside your leg and where its located and i think it has a picture of the person so that they can be identified. this way it wont take u very long to get through security

Answer 4

I don't think it's anybodies business unless there was metal in your knee that sets off the detector when you go through security. At that point they would ask you if you have anything metal on you, you tell them "your knee" and they use the wand to confirm it. The most I've heard is a passenger asking if he could have a seat with more leg room because he had surgery or sometimes to switch to an aisle seat so they can get up and stretch their legs during flight.

Answer 5

The Internet is a great place to pass bad rumors from people who need to clean the plexi-glass in their belly button so they can see where they are going.

On course it’s not true. Even if you set off the metal alarms you are hand patted down by TSA (screened) and allowed on.

Stop and think about what type of metal is inserted in place of bones? Steel would rust, aluminum would have severe corrosion, so that leaves stainless steel non-magnet and titanium again non-magnet. So you don’t have to work about setting off any magnet alarms unless they X-ray your whole body.

Answer 6

If you have a major joint surgery with lots of metal and screws, then you need an official notice from your doctor to give to airport security to get on the plane. That way they don't strip search you when you make the metal detectors go off!

Answer 7

True. The metal in the artyificial knee might make the metal detector go off.
This is old stuff to the surgeon,and he will give you a note.

Answer 8

You get a note from the Doctor, explaining the metal in your leg, cuz the knee may set off the alarms.

Answer 9

It depends on the Airline policy

Answer 10

Call your airline and ask, you shoul ask your dr if your ok to fly