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Orthopaedics

Total Knee Replacement

What causes Knee pain?
Disease or harm can disrupt this ensuing in pain, muscle weakness, and restriction of mobility on the knee. The surfaces in knee joint are included through a thin, smooth tissue liner known as the synovial membrane.This membrane releases a unique fluid that lubricates the knee which reduces friction as a result making motion simpler in a healthful joint.
  • Tear of the ligaments of the knee joint during two wheeler accidents and Sport associated accidents are common among young adults.
  • An injury to the posterior cruciate ligament is the rarest of all ligament injuries in the knee. This is common in contact sports like soccer and hockey in which there is the possibility front of the knee or twisting damage.
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  • Post Traumatic Arthritis can comply with critical knee damage. A knee fracture or extreme tears of the knee’s ligaments may also harm the articular cartilage over time, inflicting knee ache and restricting knee function.
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis is an autoimmune sickness wherein the synovial membrane turns into thickened and inflamed, generating an excessive amount of synovial fluid, which over-fills the joint space RA strikes 3% of women and 1% of men, usually between the ages of 20 and 55 years.
Available Treatment Options
  • Non Surgical Therapies for Osteoarthritis of the Knee
  • Arthroscopy of the knee joint
  • Osteotomy of the knee
  • Partial knee Replacement
  • Total Knee Replacement
Total Knee Replacement
In this procedure the diseased knee joint is replaced with an artificial implant. The decrease quit of the femur bone is eliminated and changed with a metal shell. The end of the tibia is also removed and replaced with a channelled plastic piece with a metal stem. A plastic may also be replaced under the surface of knee-cap.
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Preoperative Xray of the left knee shows severe arthritic changes
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Postoperative Xray of the left knee with total knee replacement
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Preoperative Xray of the right knee shows arthritic changes with valgus deformity
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Postoperative Xray of the right knee with total knee replacement shows valgus deformity corrected