Osteoarthritis is the disease of the knee that causes pain, swelling, and stiffness of the joint. In this kind of disorder, the cartilage of the knee joint breaks down, and an abnormal bony growth called the bone spur or osteophyte develops. Any or both of...
The hip is a ball-and-socket joint that offers more range of movement than any other joint in the body. You can move your hips in multiple directions, but you cannot move your knees and elbows as much, as they limit their movement. In the ball-and-socket...
When a patient is suffering from extreme knee pain or knee damage that leads to difficulty in the simplest of activities like standing and walking, and when no kind of medications, physical therapies, and walking supports are helping, the last option is to undergo a...
Today, not thousands, but lakhs and crores of people across the globe are undergoing a hip replacement surgery every year. And, the main reason behind these surgeries is to relieve arthritis pain, and improve the functioning of the hip. This surgery is a major one,...
Whether surgeon or patient, it is vital to choose just the right implants if you are considering a knee replacement. As a surgeon, it is your prime duty to carry out the surgery for your patient successfully. And, as a patient, it is obvious that...
Having a knee replacement is one of the most frightening things for an individual. Obviously there can be nothing compared to the natural knee that we have been given by God, but in cases of knee pain, knee injuries, and knee damage, there is no...
Total knee replacement is a highly successful surgical procedure that involves replacement of all three compartments of the knee – the inside medial compartment, the outside lateral compartment, and the front patellofemoral compartment. This kind of surgery is performed on patients who have severe knee...
Patients delay knee replacement surgery out of fear – fear of surgery, fear of complications, fear of post operation surgery pain, fear of losing a body part, fear of an unsuccessful surgery. A very common scenario is that patients want to find relief from pain,...
Total knee replacement is a surgical procedure wherein the damaged or infected knee joint is replaced with an artificial material made of plastic or metal. Generally, during a total knee replacement, the lower end of the thigh bone is removed and replaced with a metal...
Hip replacement surgeries have gone very common since the past few years; and there is a very high success rate of such surgeries. However, for those who are for the first time going in for a surgery like this, the whole procedure can be very...