When is Knee replacement surgery required?

The decision to have total knee replacement surgery is usually made cooperatively by you, your family, your family physician, and your orthopaedic surgeon. Your physician may first refer you to an orthopaedic surgeon for a thorough evaluation to determine if you might benefit from this surgery. There are several reasons why your doctor may recommend knee replacement surgery. You might be recommended to undergo a knee replacement if you have:

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How to choose right Knee implant for Knee replacement surgery

Your surgeon will consider your age, weight, lifestyle and severity of joint degeneration as well as your gender and/or your stature and the surgeon’s own experience before making a recommendation or choice as to which prosthesis might be the right one for you. When matching an implant to your specific circumstances, the doctor will be looking at necessary and possible range-of-motion with the implant, stability of the implant and wear-resistance of the materials in light of your physical and lifestyle activity considerations.

A knee is made up of three compartments – the medial, the lateral, and the patella-femoral. In layman language, these can be considered as the inner side of the knee, the outer side of the knee, and the area underneath the kneecap respectively. During a knee replacement, all these compartments are replaced with four artificial components namely tibial component, femoral component, patellar component, and plastic spacer.