What to Expect from a Partial Knee Replacement Surgery?

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What to Expect from a Partial Knee Replacement
Surgery?
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• A partial knee replacement surgery is a surgical
  procedure in which the damaged
• portion of the knee joint (usually the inner
  side) is replaced with an artificial prosthesis.
  The particular part of the knee that needs
  replacement is restored using metal and plastic
  units.
• Table of contents
• Feel free to skip ahead if one topic catches your
  eye
• What is Partial Knee Replacement?
• Latest Advancement in Knee Replacement Surgery
• Types of Partial Knee Replacement approaches
• What to expect From Partial Knee Replacement
  Surgery?
• Precautions After Knee Replacement surgery
• Takeaway

• What is partial knee replacement?
• Partial knee replacement surgery is a good
  alternative to a full knee replacement procedure
  where the specific components of the damaged knee
  joint are replaced with prosthetics.
• Who needs it?
• People with osteoarthritis of the knee
• The knee damage is limited to only one
  compartment of the knee
• If the pain in your knee has not responded to
  medicines
• Knee pain persists in spite of a healthy
  lifestyle and an optimum weight
• The anterior cruciate ligament of the knee is
  unscathed.

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• The radiology findings correspond with the
  symptoms
• Latest Advancement in Knee Replacement Surgery
• Today, advancements in knee arthroplasty or knee
  surgery have progressed to develop the technique
  of the surgery as well as offer the best possible
  experience to the patient. Also known as uni
  Compartmental knee replacement, the factors that
  affect the outcome are important
• Some of them include
• Enhancing patient selection
• Optimizing preoperative care
• Enhancing efficiency with AI and robotics
• Taking implant design to the next level with 3D
  printing
• Enhancing patient selection
• The presence of an established knee impairment
  affecting knee function
• Presence of an abnormal knee pathology that can
  be ascribed to the symptoms such as pain,
  impaired mobility, etc

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• The severity of the disease- Those with damage
  confined to a particular component of the knee
• A joint condition affecting the quality of life
  including daily activities such as mobility,
  walking, etc
• The knee operation cost will depend on the type
  of replacement.
• Optimize preoperative care
• Optimizing pre-operative care is an integral part
  of improving and maintaining and maximizing
  post-operative recovery. Preoperative approaches
  that positively influence the outcomes include
• Exercise and fitness
• Physiotherapist supervised exercise intervention
• Acupuncture
• Medical optimization that includes
• Diabetes management- Monitoring HbA1C and keeping
  it lower than 6
• BMI less than 45 to prevent wound healing
  complications, cardiovascular complications,
  renal failure, and infection
• Cardiovascular management- Stopping anticoagulant
  drugs after consultation with a cardiologist
• Blood transfusion timing

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• The use of artificial intelligence and robotics
  in knee arthroplasty has the following
• benefits
• Has smaller incisions
• The surrounding tissues of the joint are left
  undisturbed
• Helps the surgeon to plan for 3D bone
  reconstruction
• Enable ligament evaluation during surgery
• Improve the alignment and positioning of the
  prosthesis
• Taking Implant Design to the Next Level with 3D
  Printing.
• Knee arthroplasty has been taken to a whole
  another level with 3D printing. The
  incorporation of 3D printing enables
• The best quality high-resolution imaging of the
  knee
• Generating a computer model of the patients
  existing joint
• Creating a 3D image of the prospective joint
• Joint placement using a surgical approach wherein
  the positioning, tilting, and fixing of the
  prosthesis is greatly enhanced in quality with 3D
  guided technology

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• The procedure is mostly performed in older
  patients with a low BMI (less than 60 years)
• The implant is kept in place after preparing and
  shaping the knee bone and the tibia
• If you do not have rheumatoid arthritis, have
  intact ligaments, then the procedure is right
  for you.
• Right total knee arthroplasty or a one on the
  left side may be performed
• Patellofemoral knee replacement
• For people with knee damage that is localized to
  the anterior aspect of the knee, patellofemoral
  knee replacement is the right procedure.
• This procedure replaces the kneecap on the
  anterior part of the knee
• A prosthetic knee cap is fixed along with the
  corresponding joint surface to ensure smooth
  movement
• If you have problems with climbing stairs,
  walking on raised surfaces, bending the knee,
  etc, then this is the right type for you.
• The duration of hospital stay is lesser than that
  of a total knee replacement
• Bicompartmental knee replacement
• Also known as bicompartmental knee surfacing,
  this procedure offers a better range of motion
  and is less invasive than a total knee
  replacement

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• Medial knee pain exercises and other activities
  to improve joint mobility
• Swelling will subside after a few weeks
• Physiotherapy and motion exercises will be a part
  of your rehabilitation to strengthen knee
  muscles
• Continue pain medications and other prescriptions
  as instructed by the doctor
• The knee operation cost will depend on your joint
  condition and the type of surgery required
• Precautions to take after partial knee
  replacement surgery
• Avoid activities such as running and jumping
• Stay away from high impact activities and
  aerobics
• Takeaway
• Aashlok hospital has been synonymous with the
  best patient care for quite some time now. Our
  specialists value patient health and the standard
  of care as their priority. Our support staff is
  also fully equipped to help you throughout the
  time you consult with us. Your health and safety
  is our priority and we strive to always provide
  the most advanced and safe treatments possible
  to improve your quality of life.