Are you right candidate to undergo Total Knee Replacement?


Hi I am Dr Jignesh Thacker; Orthopaedic & Joint Replacement Surgeon and with the best interest of patient we are running YouTube channel hip & knee clinic and social awareness campaign. In this blog we are going to describe when to go for knee replacement surgery? 

Knee Replacement is the elective procedure and its decision totally of patient's decision..when you consult a doctor 🏥for knee pain he or she will see you clinically and advice x-ray..when xray shows complete joint space reduction and grade 4 Osteoarthritis , Dr will advice you to undergo total knee replacement.But its patient who has to decide depending upon his/her activity of daily living (ADL) affection🏃..when you have continuous knee pain , not able to walk properly and pain while doing any activities and night pain and sleep affected due to pain.When you have tried all measures like pain medication, physiotherapy, hot fomentation and lifestyle modification like avoid sitting on floor , climbing stairs and sitting cross legs. If pain persists after all these measures and your knee getting bent then you have to decide about knee replacement surgery for sure. 

So in conclusion after taking all possible treatment method if your ADL get affected you are the right candidate to undergo total knee replacement. 

If you have any query you can visit our website or contact us on 9398972323 ,we will be happy to provide you solution. 

In next blog we will come with pre operative protocol before undergoing surgery.Thanks for sparing time and reading it.You can visit our Digital ecard or follow us on Facebook.

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