Knee Replacement

If the patient's knee pain does not respond to injections, medication, or physical therapy; if there is pain that wakes them from sleep at night, if climbing stairs or even walking 500 meters has become torture, and if an X-ray shows "bone rubbing against bone," the decision for surgery is made.

In modern orthopedic techniques, patients are usually mobilized immediately on the day after the surgery with the support of a walker and are walked by bearing weight. The hospital stay is 3-4 days. With regular physical therapy exercises at home, transitioning to walking without a walker and without pain takes place within 4 to 6 weeks.

Prosthetic components are subject to mechanical wear. However, thanks to the state-of-the-art highly cross-linked plastics and robust metals used today, the average lifespan of the prosthesis reaches 15 to 20 years, also depending on the patient's weight and activity level.