Category: Total Joint

The advances of minimally invasive surgical techniques along with those in pain management techniques have provided a recovery time line after total knee replacement surgery that is dramatically improved over the past experience.

The last decade has witnessed the evolution of several important advances in Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery. Pain management techniques have improved to make immediate postoperative rehabilitation much easier.

Over the last three decades total knee replacement (TKR) surgery has evolved into a reproducibly successful procedure benefiting hundreds of thousands of patients each year. Greater understanding of proper implant design and standardization of surgical technique has occurred.

In recent years there has been much written and discussed regarding the issue of implant sizing in knee replacement surgery. Much of this has stemmed from an aggressive marketing program by one of the larger implant manufacturers.

When the normal knee joint is functioning perfectly, before there has been an injury and before any wear or arthritis has occurred, few stop to appreciate the marvelous engineering of this joint. Typically, no thought is given to the smooth 160 degree arc of motion it provides.

Total knee replacement (TKR) surgery has, along with hip replacement surgery, become one of the great medical and surgical success stories of the last several decades. Hundreds of thousands of patients each year benefit from these procedures.

The advances of minimally invasive surgical techniques along with those in pain management techniques have provided a recovery timeline after total joint replacement surgery that is dramatically improved over the past experience.

Total knee replacement surgery has become a highly successful operative procedure. Recent advances in minimally invasive techniques have shortened the rehabilitation period while advances in implant design have improved overall clinical results.

Each year hundreds of thousands of Americans with painful arthritic knees face the prospect of undergoing traditional full knee replacement surgery. Though highly successful at relieving the pain and disability of arthritis, patients observe that the new knee does not feel “normal”.

One of the major advantages of the Oxford Partial Knee Replacement relative to that of a traditional full knee replacement procedure is the Oxford’s rapid recovery timeline. Patients undergoing partial knee replacement surgery commonly find their recovery time to be half that of a full knee replacement.