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When shown the implantation of a knee replacement?

When treatment with medication, physiotherapy or previous operations fail to improve a state of severe pain or disability, caused by lesions of the knee joint:

- Gonarthrosis (osteoarthritis of the knee)

- Rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, etc.).

- Femoral condyle necrosis (loss of vitality of the bone)

- Tumors of the knee

What type of prosthesis best for each patient?

The dentures

Replace all three compartments and quoted for their serious injuries, usually involving one knee with inability to stretch fully and instability of the ligaments.Dentures femoropatelares

They are little used in Spain for its controversial results. Replacing only the surface of the patella and the condyles area of ​​contact with her.

Unicondylar prostheses

Replace one of the two tibiofemoral compartments and are used in youth with the rest of the compartments healthy, with good mobility, absence of knee flexion contracture and failure of other previous surgeries.

Dentures rescue

They are used to replace dentures that are loose, severe deformities of the knee (eg dysplasias) or tumors of the knee, requiring a high removal of tissues. They have more parts and in some cases can be tailored to measure.

What to do if required to implement a hip and knee?

First you must operate the hip. Having achieved the recovery of mobility and strength in the thigh, the knee replacement implant, which requires a rapid and specific rehabilitation, and for this reason, an useful hip.

credit to: Dr. Alain Vannineuse, Dr. Roberto Palacio González