Conventional Or Kinematic Knee Replacement: Which Is Better For A Smooth Recovery?

Knee replacement is cost-effective in improving health-related quality of life. A high-performance total knee replacement is widely popular because of its continued technological improvements, painless and faster recovery.

Being an active participant in the healing process can help you get back to a healthy life sooner and ensure a more successful outcome. Here we are discussing two different methods of knee replacement and its recovery process.

Conventional Knee Replacement

The conventional knee replacement is often painful and time-consuming. Rehabilitation typically begins immediately after the surgery. A patient will have to stay in the hospital for 1 to 2 days or longer if needed. Patients who require extra attention or do not have home support may be transferred from the hospital to a rehabilitation center for better care and assistance. How ever, every effort is made to help the patient return to their home environment with additional support.

Physical Therapy 

Your caregiver will suggest physical therapy after being discharged and will usually begin within one or two weeks of surgery. A physical therapist will teach the patient:

Knee Strengthening Exercises

• Exercises to encourage a range of motion and reduce scar tissue
• How to use assistive walking devices, such as a walker and cane 

Most patients can care for themselves. You can resume regular routines within 6 weeks and drive within 5 to 8 weeks. It will take almost an entire year to fully recover and realize the total benefits of knee replacement surgery.

Kinematic Knee Replacement 

Unlike the traditional knee replacement surgery, kinematic knee replacement takes only minimal time for healing with no pain. This method aims to place the implant in line with the natural bending axis of the thigh, leg, and knee cap bones. 

Benefits

Compared to the conventional technique, kinematic knee replacement helps the patients to start walking in 24 hours independently without support. They do not need to depend on higher pain killers as they quickly recover from surgery. Thus this procedure is safer than conventional knee replacement methods.

 This surgery helps to achieve optimum functionality of the knee as early as 2 weeks. Within two weeks, the patient can achieve more than 120 degrees of knee bending. This method preserves more of the patient's own bone and ligaments, which allows for better implant fit and alignment.

 A kinematic knee replacement surgery provides better flexion to allow for more natural kneeling. This process eventually provides a quicker return to normal living activities such as walking, biking, and gardening and almost all the daily activities of life.

The kinematic knee replacement procedure is introduced and performed by the orthopedic surgeon At Rathimed Speciality Hospital, Anna Nagar, for the first time in India. Here, the surgical procedure is expertly planned and specific to the patient. Modern instruments are used to make bony cuts that restore the knee to its pre-arthritic alignment.

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