excessive stiffness right after arthroscopy?

by Rommel Singson
(Germany)

I just had arthroscopy. Unfortunately, I had complications such as hematoma and infection later on. I am still in the hospital writing this email. I have so many questions and story to tell. But to make the long story short I had a tear in my meniscus and cartilage and began to have baker cyst formation.
After the first arthroscopy, thinking everything went well my knee started bleeding internally - Hematoma as you may call it.
The Doctor tried first to remove it with the big syringe by sucking or draining. But since it is already in gel form no success.
So for the second time, I had to do arthroscopy to drain and to clean or wash it.

Knowing everything is fine, after 6 days of pain and swelling my doctor went to me and told me something is not right with my blood. The doctor says maybe I have infection and to make sure everything is fine I have to do another arthroscopy.

So now I am under antibiotics and feeling better.

My problem is after 2 weeks of no mobilization my knee is so stiff that after 3 days physiotherapy my knee can only move up to 40 degrees.

My doctor said he has to do it and crack it with full anesthesia.

Is this safe?
Are there any precautionary measure should we check before doing this procedure?

Really frustrated and tired.

Help!!!

Rommel Singson