Knee Replacement - Back to Normal Life Again

The knee is an important joint and it bears the total weight of the body. It is the most common joint that gets worn out when people become aged. Hemophilia, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, and patients with gout may also need a knee replacement surgery as these diseases severely affect the joints.

It is necessary to go in for Knee Replacement Surgery when the knee joints are totally damaged. Generally, prosthesis is used as an alternate for the knee joint, depending on the cost involved and the patient’s condition. The life of the replaced knee will be about twenty years whereas the life of the artificial knee depends totally on the patient’s activity.

There are two Types of Knee Replacement such as Partial Knee Replacement (Unicondylar) and Total Knee Replacement.

Partial Knee Replacement (Unicondylar): The worn out knee part is replaced. There are three compartments for a knee. Medial compartment (inside of the knee), lateral compartment (outer part of the knee) and patellofemoral compartment (front portion of the knee between the thighbone and kneecap). Even when any single compartment is worn out, this surgery is performed.

Total Knee Replacement: This joint arthroplasty is performed when all the compartments of the knee are totally affected. It is the most commonly done surgery that yields good results.

Patient Condition & Selection of Surgery

Patients who suffer from the above conditions are ideal for joint arthroplasty. A complete pre-operative evaluation will be done before the surgery especially for heart, hypertension, lung and UTI infection, and people with diabetes.

Implant selection

Numerous implants such as titanium alloys, zirconium alloys, oxonium implants, cobalt chromium alloys, and stainless steel are available for knee joint replacement surgeries. Such prosthetics are available in different designs with easier rotation to increase knee bending. Implant selection depends on the patient’s knee condition and the monetary status.

Knee Replacement Surgery- stages

The stages involved in the knee replacement surgery are pre-operative, intraoperative, postoperative, and home care. Generally, the patients will be discharged within 7-10 days of the procedure.

The pre-operative session involves conducting thorough investigations such as blood tests, X-Ray, ECG, Echo, and Gynecological, cardiological and aesthetical interactions. Patient counseling will also be done.

Intra-operative Session: Patients will be taken to the operation stomach in an empty stomach. The surgery will last for two hours. Either epidural or general anesthesia is given to the patient based on their health conditions and the region below the waist is numbed. Quadriceps muscles are detached from the knee cap. The leg and thigh bones will be exposed by displacing the kneecap to one side. The ends of the bones are cut and the necessary cartilages and ligaments are removed. With a cementing material, the prosthesis is wedged on the bone. The stitches are made on the open wound.

Post-operative Session: The patient is provided with a knee brace and is advised to intake normal food along with the medicines prescribed by the surgeon. The blood is drained and the wound is dressed. Physiotherapy and knee bending exercises are taught to the patient. Once the patient starts to mobilize, they will be discharged.

Home Care: Caring for the wound is quite important. Physiotherapy will be given to the patient for 10 days, at home. The dressing should not be disturbed and should remain water-free. After 5 days dressing will be done and sutures will be removed after 10-12 days.

Who needs knee Replacement Surgery?

• People with deformed knees
• Stiffness and restricted bending
• Those who do not comply with medications and physiotherapy
• Pricking pain while sleeping
• Restricted day-to-day activities such as walking, climbing stairs, etc.
• Advantages of knee arthroplasty:
• Relief from pain
• Straightened knee free from deformities
• Being able to bend upto 100 degrees
• Enhanced and active lifestyle

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Knee Replacement Surgery in Chennai. 

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Bringing Movement Back To Life

Do you suffer from back pain? Tried everything? Still in pain? Here is spine surgery to get off from back pain. TOSH Trauma & Orthopedic hospital offers the best spine surgery in Chennai.

Back pain is common among people of all age groups. Trauma, injuries to spine, aging etc are the reasons for back pain. Almost all back pain can be cured by physiotherapy, proper medication or by any other non-surgical procedures. When all these treatments fail, surgery is the preferred solution to get rid of  back pain.

Common conditions affecting back

• Slipped disc
• Narrowing spinal canal
• Irritation or inflammation on nerve
• Fractures caused by injury
• After effect  of other infectious disease

Types of Spine surgeries

1. Discectomy

This surgical method is preferred if the following symptoms occur.

• Leg pain
• Weakness
• Numbness
• Failure of non-surgical treatment

This surgery is done to remove herniated disc material that is pressed on to the spinal cord.

After surgery the patient gets complete relief from pain.

2.Foramenotomy

This surgery  which is done to expand the narrowed hole that spinal nerve pass through as they exit the spine.

This narrowing can cause the following neurological symptoms.

• Tingling sensation
• Deep and steady pain
• Numbness
• Muscle weakness

3. Laminectomy

This surgery is done to remove bone spurs. In addition to this, bones and damaged disc are also removed.

Symptoms

• Heaviness in legs or buttocks
• Numbness
• Pain
• Experience difficulty in standing and walking.

In addition to above spine surgeries Spinal fusion (surgical method of joining two bones), Disc Replacement, Vertebroplasty/ Kyphoplasty ( here bone cement is injected into fractured bone to relieve pain) etc are also performed.

TOSH Trauma & Orthopedic hospital contains experienced orthopedic surgeons to perform the spine surgery. Come and see how we can guide you back to health.

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Arthritis Treatments in Chennai

Arthritis is one of the most common diseases which affects our joints. It entails a thinning of the articular cartilage, ligaments and changes in the joint capsule. In severe cases, it leads to deformation of the joint. It is often arthritis affects the hands (phalanges), foot, knee and elbow joints . Women are more likely than men suffer from arthritis. The disease manifests itself even in children. Every seventh inhabitant of the planet "familiar" with arthritis.

Causes of Arthritis

• Infectious diseases. This is the most common cause. Perebolev SARS, the common cold, you are at risk. To it can be attributed to diabetics, people suffering from sexually transmitted  diseases, tuberculosis. As a rule, the causative agent of arthritis is Staphylococcus aureus or  Streptococcus.
• Injuries, surgery. Arthritis is often a consequence of the injuries of the joints, frequent injuries or surgical interventions into the joint.
• Hereditary diseases of the joints. We can not say that arthritis is inherited, but do not deny the  fact that the structure of the joint pathology often laid genetically. In any case, if the family  who is ill with arthritis, you should devote more time to prevention.
• As the factors that trigger the appearance of arthritis, can be called overweight, hypothermia,  smoking, weakened immunity.

Symptoms and types of arthritis

arthritis - an inflammatory disease, its symptoms are any signs of inflammation in the joint such us

• swelling, redness of the skin;
• pain, especially after prolonged immobility;
• increase in body temperature (acute arthritis);
• stiffness in the movements (and sometimes with acute exacerbation of chronic arthritis).

How to cure arthritis

Modern medicine offers improved treatment to cure arthritis. For this you just need to meet an expert orthopedic specialist in your town. He’ll suggest you the right treatments according the condition of your affected joints.

We Tosh Hospitals offers Advanced Arthritis Treatments in Chennai at an affordable coast. Ask your doubts to our experts. For more details contact us or visit our website at www.toshhospitals.com

Knee Replacement Surgery in Chennai

Total Knee Replacement is performed if the knee is severely damaged by arthritis or injury.The patient having knee arthritis can not perform, activities like walking or climbing stairs.The patient may also feel pain when, sitting or lying down.The Knee replacement surgery will be performed when the non surgical treatments like medications,physiotherapy and using walking support may not helpful. The Joint replacement surgery is most effective procedure to relieve the pain, correct the leg deformity and help to get back to the normal activities.

The knee is considered to be the largest joint in the body and it is better to have healthy knees to perform the everyday activities.The knee is build up of the lower end of the thighbone,and the upper end of the shinbone which is also called tibia and the knee cap,also called as patella.The ends of these bones where they coincide are covered with the articular cartilage, which is a smooth substance that protects the bones and enables them to move easily.

The most common causes of the knee pain and disability is the arthritis.Generally, there are many types of arthritis, but most of the knee pain are caused by osteoarthritis,rheumatoid arthritis and post-traumatic arthritis.

Osteoarthritis is an age related wear and tear type of arthritis.It may mostly occur in the people of 50 years of age.

Rheumatoid arthritis: It is the disease that surrounds the joint and becomes inflamed and thickened.The chronic inflammation may damage the cartilage and causes pain and stiffness.

Post-traumatic arthritis: It may causes serious knee injury.The knee ligaments may damage the articular cartilage and causes knee pain and limits the knee function.

Procedure:

The knee replacement also called as knee arthroplasty, is the procedure in which the surface of the bones are get replaced.The procedure may have 4 basic steps.They are:

Preparing the bone: The damaged cartilage are removed along with the small amount of underlying bone.

Positioning the metal implants: The removed cartilage will be replaced with the metal components

Resurfacing the kneecap: The Kneecap has been cut and resurfaced with a plastic button.

Insert a spacer: The plastic spacer will be inserted between the metal components in order to create a smooth surface.

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SPINE SURGERY IN CHENNAI

Spine Surgery also called as Open Surgery, is described as the surgery with the incision for viewing and accessing the anatomy. Spine Surgery also allows back and neck condition to be treated with the minimally invasive surgical techniques.

The minimally invasive spine surgery doesn’t involve the long incision and also avoids the significant damage that to the muscles which surrounding the pain.This may results less pain after the surgery and a faster recovery.

The Spine surgery is recommended only the non surgical treatments like medications and physical therapy hasn’t relieved the painful symptoms.And, the surgery is only considered if the doctor identifies the exact source of the pain.

The Minimally invasive techniques is also called as less invasive spine surgery.In the procedure, the doctors may use the specialized instruments for accessing the spine through the small incisions.

 

In the open surgery, the doctors will make the incision and thus moves the muscles to the side in order to see the spine.The surgeon can access the spine to remove the diseased and damaged bone and can easily place the screws, and other bone graft materials to stabilize the spinal bones.

Tosh Hospital, one of the best orthopedic hospital in Chennai, offers spine surgery with better care and satisfaction.

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Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Chennai

ACL or Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries are the most common knee injuries.The athletes who participate in the sports like soccer, football are mostly injured in their anterior cruciate ligaments.

It the anterior cruciate ligament is injured,then surgery is required to regain the full functionality of the knees.The functioning of knees may depends on the severity of the injury, and the activity level of the knees.

The Anatomy of the Knees 

The three bones meet and form the knee joint, i.e the thigh bone( which is also called as femur),shinbone(also known as tibia), and the knee cap(also named as patella). The Knee caps which sits in front of the joint is to provide the protection.

The Bones are related to the other bones by the ligaments.There are 4 primary ligaments in the knee.They will function like strong ropes in order to hold the bones together and may keep the knee stable.

The anterior cruciate ligament can be injured in many ways:

* Changing the direction rapidly.
* Stopping suddenly the movement.
* Slowing down suddenly while running.
* Incorrect landing of a jump.
* Direct collision

Treatments for ACL:

The Treatments for ACL depends upon the patient's condition.There are Surgical and Non Surgical Treatments for ACL.

Non surgical Treatment:

Non surgical treatments are mostly effective for patients who are elder or having very low activity level.Bracing is the non surgical treatment method, recommended by the doctor in order to protect the knee from the instability.

Physical Therapy will also restore the functioning of the knees and may strengthen the leg muscles.

Surgical Treatment:

In Surgical Treatments, it is mainly using the rebuilding of the Ligament.Most of the ACL tears cannot be stitched back, so in order to repair and restore the functionality, the ligaments are reconstructed.

Procedure for ACL reconstruction:

The Surgery to rebuild the ACL is done with the arthroscope using the small incisions.The Arthroscopic surgery may be less invasive and the main benefits of the Arthroscopic surgeries are, less pain,less time spent in hospital and faster recovery

Tosh Orthopaedic Hospital, the best orthopaedic hospital in Chennai offers ACL Reconstruction with better patient care.

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JOINT REPLACEMENT IN CHENNAI

Joint Replacement or Total joint replacement is the surgical procedure in which an arthritic or damaged joint are get replaced with a metal or plastic device.The joint is where the ends of bones are meet.People having joint pain and disability of joints may go for joint replacement surgery.In many people, the joint pain is mainly caused by the damage to the cartilage.

The Total Joint Replacement surgery may takes few hours and the procedure may done in hospital under the guidance of surgeon.During the procedure, the damaged cartilage and the bone is get removed from the joint. It may then replaced with the metal or any other plastic components.

In the surgical procedure, the damaged ball is get replaced with a metal ball attached to a metal stem which is fitted to the femur, and the plastic socket is get inserted into the pelvis which replaces the damaged socket.

Recovery for the Surgery:

The recovery will be different for each person and the doctor may suggest to use the new joints immediately after the surgery.It will be difficult at starting, but the instructions of doctor will help for the speedy recovery.

Exercise will also help for the speed recovery process.The patients can do their daily activities more easily after the joint replacement.

Trauma & Orthopaedic Hospital is one of the best orthopaedic hospital in Chennai offering all orthopaedic treatments with better care and satisfaction.

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