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Things to know about knee joint surgery

Knee joint surgery or replacement is a process where an injured or damaged knee is replaced using artificial joints and prosthetics. The prosthetics are usually made out of metal alloys, polymers, and plastics. Prosthetics design to mimic the functionality of these is manufactured as per the requirements and specifications of the patient. When artificial knee selected the surgeon to consider the following factors Weight of the patient Activity levels Age Overall health and medical history The surgery of replacing a knee with prosthetics takes around 2 hours. But after the surgery patients need a rehabilitation period of about a month. Why knee joint replacement is needed? Patients suffering from arthritis mostly have damaged knees. Knee joints are damaged both by Rheumatoid arthritis as well as osteoarthritis. Replacement surgery only advised to patients with severely damaged knees and other treatments have failed to produce desired results. Knee joint docto...