Knee replacement surgery is a treatment for pain and disability in the knee. During knee replacement surgery, damaged or worn-out knee joint components are replaced with plastic and metal components. The procedure improves the knee's functionality and reduce pain. The goal of knee replacement surgery is to resurface the parts of the knee joint that have been damaged and to relieve knee pain that cannot be controlled by other treatments.
- Have extreme pain
- Inflammation
- Knee abnormality
- Failure of other treatments
- You don’t have any contraindicating conditions
Hip replacement surgery is one of the most successful operations in all of medicine. Since the early 1960s, improvements in joint replacement surgical techniques and technology have greatly increased the effectiveness of total hip replacement.
Hip replacement, also called hip arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to address hip pain. The surgery replaces parts of the hip joint with artificial implants.
- Patients between the ages of 50 and 80
- Athritis
- Injury unrelated to a preexisting health condition
- Tumour in the hip joint
Arthroplasty, also called joint replacement, is surgery to replace a damaged joint with an artificial joint (made of metal, ceramic or plastic). Surgeon usually replace the entire joint (total joint replacement). Less often, they replace only the damaged part of the joint. Hips, knees and shoulders are the most common joints they replace.
- Structural Elbow Injuries
- Elbow Fracture
- Elbow arthritis
- Moderate-to-severe pain
- Chronic joint inflammation and swelling
- Weakness and/or loss of joint motion
- Severe joint fracture or trauma
Shoulder replacement surgery removes damaged areas of bone and replaces them with prosthetic implants. This surgery is done to relieve pain and other symptoms that result from damage to the shoulder joint. Currently, many people leave the hospital the same day of the shoulder replacement procedure hence with the advancement of technology this has become a day care Surgery.
- Osteoarthritis
- Traumatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteonecrosis
- Severe fractures
- A previous failed shoulder replacement
- Rotator cuff tear arthropathy
- Conservative therapies failed
Ankle replacement surgery is the replacement of a damaged ankle joint with an artificial implant. Ankle replacement surgery is a procedure to replace this damaged joint to eliminate this pain and swelling. Typically, the procedure takes place under general anesthesia. Your surgeon will make an incision in your ankle to access the affected joint. Next, your surgeon will remove the damaged parts of your tibia and talus bones. Your surgeon will be removing some of the joint's bone and cartilage and replacing it with prosthetic implants
- Being obese or overweight
- Having a history of osteoporosis or bone loss
- Ankle joints that are malformed or unstable
- A background of joint infection
- Having a circulatory or cardiovascular disease
- Having Charcot foot, diabetes, or neuroarthropathy