Knee replacement treatment is done to assist pain free movement in your joint. Here a damaged or diseased knee is replaced, and after surgery one can expect recovery in about six months.
Categories of Knee Replacement
There are four basic types of knee replacement categories:
- Non-constrained
- Semi-constrained
- Constrained or hinged
- Unicondylar
The most common type is the non-constrained implant. Here the artificial components that are inserted while surgery of the knee, are not joint to each other and the entire set-up relies on the patient's ligaments and muscles stability. The semi-constrained implant provides increased stability. Constrained or hinged implants are used when a patient's ligaments are not able to support any other type of replacement of knee or when the knees are severely damaged. The Unicondylar type treatment is done to replace only half of the knee.
Common Treatment Procedure
Are you looking for this type of surgery in your country or abroad? For knee replacement treatment abroad you would require a minimum of fifteen days stay including six days of post-surgery in-patient stay at your hospital. So plan accordingly. A common procedure involves removal of damaged bone surfaces and cartilage replacing it with artificial surface which are made of plastic or metallic material. A typical procedure takes about two hours. You will be admitted to the hospital on the day of the scheduled surgery. Once admitted you will be moved to the pre-operative area where you will be prepared for the surgery. Your doctor may give you general anaesthesia or an epidural or spinal injection. After this the surgery will be performed.
Medical Tourism
Knee replacement is efficiently done all across the world. This type of surgery in foreign countries like India, Mexico, Turkey and Costa Rica, is quite inexpensive. In these nations the doctors are highly trained due to heavy flow of domestic patients, while the costs are relatively cheaper as compared to the developed nations.
Usually a this surgery lasts for ten to fifteen years.
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