Going For a Knee Replacement – Know Its Types, Benefits And Risks

Posted by Great Lakes Orthopaedics on September 20th, 2019

Are you struggling with chronic knee pain? Or have you completely restricted your knee mobility? If yes, the chances are your knees are not in a good condition and just doing relaxation exercise and physiotherapy will not help. Reach out to your knee replacement surgeons in Plymouth to know your way to respite in this condition. You never know but knee replacement in the only option for you. 

Knee replacement is a surgical procedure recommended to patients with acute pain, stiffness, immobility etc. in their knee joint that arise out of the degenerative arthritis or any form of injury. When the problem is severe, the painful symptoms does not even respond to the conservative treatments like weight loss activity, physiotherapy and so on.

The types of knee replacement surgery:

Total knee replacement, which is s a highly surgical procedure that involves replacing all the three parts of the knee.

Partial knee replacement which is a minimally invasive surgery when the pain is present in any of the 3 parts of the knee.
 
The benefits of Knee Replacement:

It reduces knee pain significantly, correct deformities, and improve muscle strength.

Post-surgery, you can easily return to your daily routine.

Knee replacement will help you improve the quality of your life.

Once the surgery is over, you are completely free from the knee pain, stiffness and immobility.

If you too are looking for an effective knee replacement, reach out to us and meet the best knee replacement surgeons in Plymouth.