Your doctor will replace all three parts of your knee with a metal prosthesis and a plastic spacer. It has three parts: the tail end of the femur, the tail end of the tibia, and the inner surface of the patella’s tail end. These three parts work together. A special surface for the patient’s knee has been made. People with knee arthritis may be able to use this therapy method to lessen their pain and improve their mobility.
Total knee replacement (TKR) for knee osteoarthritis improves the quality of life the most in people who have a lot of functional problems. In people who have a lot fewer functional problems, the procedure only improves their quality of life a little. TKR surgery may also be more cost-effective if you only do it on people who have a lot of trouble.
The following are seven simple reasons why full knee replacement surgery is so popular.
1. Put an end to the pain.
To start with, almost everyone who has a knee replacement wants to lessen the pain and discomfort caused by a joint that has been damaged by osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis is a disease that gets worse over time. It causes inflammation and pain in your joints because the cartilage in your joints wears down. Illness: It affects people of all ages and can happen to anyone. Unfortunately, your cartilage doesn’t have the resources it needs to repair itself, so the damage is mostly irreversible at this point.
In a knee replacement, metal and plastic are used to replace the parts of your joint that have worn out, so the name says it all.
90% of people who have their teeth replaced see a big decrease in pain, which should give you an idea of how good this procedure is.
2. Make your body move again.
Your knee pain and stiffness have kept you from fully living your life for far too long. You need to get better now. With a knee replacement, you may be able to move again, allowing you to do things like go to work and play with your kids.
3. The time it takes to recover is cut down.
If your knee joint needs to be replaced, we can do it with the least amount of surgery possible. To speed up your recovery, we make very few cuts. This means that your pain and risk of infection are greatly reduced, which allows you to heal much more quickly.
4. Taking the extra step
Knee replacement surgery has been done for a long time, but new materials used in today’s knees are making them last longer than their predecessors in several ways. According to a study in Japan, more than 90% of total knee replacement implants worked for 20 years after they were put in.
Take only what you need.
Most often, people have total or unicompartmental surgery on their knees. Both are done with a general anesthetic and take place while the patient is asleep. If your knee is only a little worn, this second option is the best one for you. In these cases, we only fix the parts of the joint that need to be fixed, but we leave the healthy parts of the joint alone.
6. Get a better night’s rest.
Many of our patients say that their knee pain is with them all the time, even at night. This stops them from getting the rest they need to be able to work well. If this sounds like something you’ve heard before, you may be able to get better sleep as a result of your knee replacement surgery.
7. Improve your health in a big way.
Constant pain in your knees increases your chances of getting a wide range of physical and mental health problems, including the following:
- Obesity
- Anxiety and depression are two separate illnesses.
- There are a lot of different diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels called cardiovascular diseases.
- Diabetes
Who can have total joint replacement surgery?
TRK is usually done on people who are older and have a lot of knee pain or other problems with their knees. If TKR wants to get involved in one, age isn’t a bar. Many other things could require their help. People who are overweight, have had a lot of injuries, or have other problems (like a sprained ankle or knee) will also need this surgery.
Not only can knee pain keep you from being active, but chronic pain can also have a big impact on your mental health, as we’ve already said. A revision knee replacement surgery for knee osteoarthritis has grown a lot in recent years, mostly because more patients with less severe symptoms have been eligible. There are still no known benefits of TKR surgery for people with less severe physical disabilities in this group. When the surgery was done on people who had a lot of physical problems, it led to more benefits and cost savings, the researchers found.