Due to severe knee pain are you finding it difficult to go about your normal activities like walking or bathing or taking part in other activities that you like doing the most? If so, Knee Replacement also called as Knee Arthroplasty may be the perfect solution for you.
Knee Replacement is a surgical process that enables the resurface of the knee joint. The purpose of this procedure is to reduce pain and functional disability and involves the replacement of a totally worn, damaged diseased knee with an artificial joint.
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Typically it is understood that age and gender is a factor in the consideration for deciding on a knee replacement. But it is not a correct understanding, generally the only reason for surgical replacement depends on the degree of severity and disability. While knee replacement surgery is mostly recommended for older people, but even a teenager, an young adult or a middle aged person may need to undergo knee replacement if there is excessive wear and tear of the knee joint.
This surgery is mostly recommended due to the following reasons or indications:
Before the Knee Replacement procedure a complete physical examination plus several diagnostic tests including blood test will be done.
The key outcome of knee arthroplasty is to provide relief from pain caused by severe arthritis. Depending on the extent of damage of the knee there are two types of knee replacement surgery that are performed:
After the surgery, patient is kept in the recovery room for few hours. Patient will be hospitalised for 4-6 days. Mostly people recover within 12 months after the surgery, but the recovery time will differ depending on the age and overall health.
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Following are the factors which will affect the treatment cost:
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