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.

Patients suffering from arthritis of the knee often are faced with the prospect of undergoing knee replacement surgery. Once it is determined that activity and rest pain is severe enough, then this surgery can be considered as a treatment option.

In the early days of total knee replacement (TKR) surgery, the goal of the procedure was to provide a knee that allowed an elderly patient disabled with arthritis of the knee to walk comfortably for the purpose of pursuing activities of daily living. In recent years these modest goals have dramatically changed.

Arthroscopic knee surgery is an endoscopic outpatient procedure that is truly minimally invasive in its nature. It is performed through puncture wounds that can vary in number depending on the nature of the problem and extent of the surgery.

As total knee replacement surgery (TKR) has become an increasingly successful operation it has become a commonly utilized solution for patients with damaged worn out arthritic knee joints. There are several keys to a successful surgical outcome.