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Read moreIf you’re currently taking prescription drugs, your doctor may adjust or add medications to aid surgery (like adding an anticoagulant for blood control) or ease recovery (like a new antibiotic to proactively fight infection).
Read moreThe following are some of the interesting facts related to knee replacement surgery:
Knee replacement surgery is one of the most common bone surgeries in the US. In US, doctors perform more than 600000 knee replacement procedures every year. There are various kinds of knee replacement surgeries and some of the main types include total knee replacement, partial knee replacement, kneecap replacement and complex knee replacement. Modern day technology and advances in medical science has made knee replacement surgery very less painful than before. Believing that driving is not possible after surgery is a myth. Infact, one tends to be more comfortable driving and doing other such tasks after the surgery.
This 3D medical animation shows a total knee joint replacement surgery of the right knee. The animation depicts the following surgical steps: the incicion; exposure of the arthritic knee joint (chondromalacia); removal of the femoral condyle surface; removal of the tibial plateau; placement of the femoral condyle prosthesis; placement of the tibial plateau and patellar joint prosthetics; comparison of a post-surgical x-ray; and closure of the surgical incision with drainage tube in place.
This 3D medical animation shows a total knee joint replacement surgery of the right knee. The animation depicts the following surgical steps: the incicion; exposure of the arthritic knee joint (chondromalacia); removal of the femoral condyle surface; removal of the tibial plateau; placement of the femoral condyle prosthesis; placement of the tibial plateau and patellar joint prosthetics; comparison of a post-surgical x-ray; and closure of the surgical incision with drainage tube in place.
This 3D medical animation shows a total knee joint replacement surgery of the right knee. The animation depicts the following surgical steps: the incicion; exposure of the arthritic knee joint (chondromalacia); removal of the femoral condyle surface; removal of the tibial plateau; placement of the femoral condyle prosthesis; placement of the tibial plateau and patellar joint prosthetics; comparison of a post-surgical x-ray; and closure of the surgical incision with drainage tube in place.