Any joint replacement can be a daunting idea for non-physicians. It has always been thought of as a major surgery, often interrupting daily life for a minimum of 3 months. The result of which was iffy – sometimes limited motion or pain would still be present. And the traditional artificial joints were reputed to last ...
My father recently had a total knee replacement and it rendered him incapacitated for days following surgery. Total knee replacement doesn’t mean that two days after surgery, you’re bouncing around on your new titanium knee. It takes weeks of therapy to get the body used to total knee replacement. But a person with new total ...
My job is to take care of patients after orthopedic surgery, especially after total joint replacement. I see patients the morning after their surgery, and follow through to the day of discharge, when they leave the hospital. I handle pain control, medications, and discharge planning, and I coordinate with nursing, physical therapy and the attending ...
If your quality of life has been so damaged by your arthritis that you can’t walk, you might benefit from a total knee replacement surgery. I have had two replacements-one on each knee. Prior to the surgery I was in pain all the time; it didn’t matter if I was on my feet, sitting down ...
If you have a total knee replacement surgery planned, you’d be doing yourself a huge favor by losing weight before having this procedure done. A report in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Oct. 2012) says that obese patients are at higher risk of complications following total knee replacement surgery. These complications (including infections) ...
Osteoarthritis of the knee has a tremendous impact on a patient’s ability to function in routine daily activities. According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, over 13 million adults in the U.S. presented with OA symptoms in 2001. The majority of these patients were senior adults. Pain, swelling and stiffness are the most common ...
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