Hip and knee treatments at kdms
The symptoms of knee and hip osteoarthritis are caused by degenerative bones and joints that wear down after long-term intensive usage and by age. Therefore, the disease is commonly found in the elderly. Meanwhile, joint pain that occurs in working age is caused by their behaviors in a day such as accident- or sports-related joint degeneration. Furthermore, some of the patients experience severe osteoarthritis that they cannot live their lives normally.
Common hip and knee diseases or symptoms
- Pain, swelling, stiffness, and noise in the knee
- Leg deformity such as knock knees and bowlegs
- Runner’s knees and sharp pain while using
- Pain and stiffness at anterior groin or upper quadriceps muscle (femur)
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Hip osteoarthritis
- Avascular Necrosis
Hip and knee disease treatments at kdms
At kdms specialized orthopedic hospital, we have a full team of specialized surgeons in hip and knee replacement. They have direct experiences in coping with hip and knee pain as well as degeneration. There are currently 2 types of treatments for hip and knee diseases: surgical and non-surgical. Collaboratively designed together with our rehabilitation medicine practitioners and physical therapists, non-surgical treatments include injection, physical therapies, and muscle strengthening. For surgical solutions, we use the latest techniques and technologies to replace hip and knee joints following the patient’s special needs.
Non-surgical treatments:
Treating knee osteoarthritis with “knee injection”
3 knee muscle exercises to prevent degeneration
Surgical treatments:
kdms owns modern techniques and technologies for knee replacement such as
- Robotic-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty (Robotic TKA)
- Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
What is Robotic Assisted Knee Surgery?
It is a surgical solution that involves robotic assistance from before surgery to the operation. The robot helps pre-operational planning including size identification, positioning, and limb alignment calculation by using a CT Scan 3D model. This is unlike traditional surgery which measures the target area with an X-ray film. After that, the result is sent to the robotic surgical arm to perform which maximizes operative accuracy and minimizes human error. For example, the robot will stop working if it tends to injure other unrelated areas. Moreover, the robot is able to adjust the balance of the prosthesis at a millimeter level to optimize the personalized replacement.
Why is it better to choose Robotic Assisted Knee Surgery than normal surgery?
Robotic Assisted Knee Surgery is a new alternative to treat knee osteoarthritis which outperforms the traditional surgery by these outstanding qualifications:
- High accuracy with the least chance of error
- Assisting in pre-operational planning for personalized knee surgery
- Reducing complications or other injuries caused by the operation
- Making a small wound, less pain, and fast recovery
Robotic innovation to assist in the surgery
An alternative treatment with high accuracy and fast recovery
Impressions of our patients
What is Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA)?
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty is a modern surgical technique which provides accurate results to the osteoarthritis treatment for patients with partially degenerated knee bones. Instead of replacing the total knee bones, this surgery removes and replaces only the diseased part such as the medial or the lateral compartment to preserve the healthy portions. This way is an alternative for patients with moderate symptoms who would like to keep their movements as naturally as possible.
What’s good about Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA)?
Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty is a small surgery. The procedure minimizes the potential of post-operational complications, for example, infection, bone fracture, blood clots in the leg veins, heart, and brain, and so on. It also preserves healthy parts of the bone. In addition, if the patient chooses a rotating Polyethylene insert for replacement, the efficiency of their knees after operation will be comparable to the natural healthy ones.
- Less injury – Since UKA is a surgery performed in a specific area, it minimizes the injuries to tissues and muscles around the knee. Also, it results in faster recovery compared to Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA)
- Fast recovery – Most of the patients are able to walk normally from the first hour after the surgery finishes
- Natural movements – UKA replacement makes the patient feel natural while functioning, leading to more comfortable movements during normal activities such as walking up and down the stairs
- Long-term results – For eligible patients, UKA surgery provides the solution that lasts longer and stronger. It also minimizes the risk of additional surgery in the future
Who are eligible for Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA)?
UKA is available for those who experience partial knee osteoarthritis, such as the medial compartment area, and possess healthy cartilage. It is perfect for those who are young at age and require the naturality of knee functions. The patients without total arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis are eligible for this surgery as well.
Post-surgery results of Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty (UKA)
This partial knee replacement involves little use of metal components, resulting in fast recovery of knee muscles. The patient will find better recovery and mobility around the sixth week after the surgery. In addition, a rotating Polyethylene insert is able to help the patient bend the knee and stretch the muscle like normal in a long run.
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