Knee Resurfacing
More Knee Resurfacing
One of the big advantages of this procedure is the recovery time. Most of our patients are able to walk without a cane in just a few days and return to driving and exercising in about a week. It’s been so impressive, that I often have to get people to slow down, because they are feeling so much better. It’s really a dramatic difference from a total knee replacement. The xray to the left shows how small this implant is.
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Knee Resufacing Update
I think
this procedure will be a major improvement for a
number of our patients. It can be done
athroscopically with a small incision for the femoral
(thing bone) component which allows most patients to
go home the same day. Pain is much less than with a
total knee replacement and the physical therapy is
much easier. The parts are so small that, if a
patient needs a total knee replacement someday, they
will not interfere. Not everyone is a candidate, but
I think this procedure will spare a lot of people
from a premature knee replacement