Knee Prosthesis

How is the surgical treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee total?

On the failure of treatment without surgery and when the pain becomes difficult to control disturbing the quality of life of the individual, indicates the graft (arthroplasty) total knee.
In this surgery, withdraws from the bone with exposed cartilage worn.
Then, the exposed bone is covered by a new layer of metal (similar to the shape of the original knee surfaces).
Among the metal surface is positioned a component made from a special plastic.
This procedure takes the friction between the bones exposed providing analgesic effect.
The patient resumes the movements on the same day of surgery and begins to walk on the second day with the aid of a walker.

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How is the surgical treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee part in a patient with advanced age?

In cases of older patients with localized wear and no major misalignment in the knee, can opt for surgery more localized and smaller through the unicompartmental knee prosthesis (tibiofemoral or patellofemoral).

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