If you are due to have Mako Total Knee Replacement surgery, this article explains how to prepare yourself in the weeks or months leading up to your operation. It offers general advice to help you optimise your physical wellbeing, prepare mentally and make small changes to your home environment that can support your recovery. Your…
A total knee replacement is a surgical procedure offered to people with severe knee pain and loss of mobility. This may be due to a serious injury, such as a fracture, or most commonly because of a degenerative condition like osteoarthritis. It involves removing the damaged knee joint and replacing it with a prosthetic (artificial)…
Knee replacement surgery (also called arthroplasty) is offered to people with severe knee pain due to osteoarthritis or other conditions that affect the knee joint such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout, a knee injury or knee deformity. It is a routine and highly effective procedure that entails removing the damaged joint and replacing it with a…
A total knee replacement is surgery to remove the damaged surface of your knee joint and replace it with an artificial joint made of metal and plastic. This is referred to as a prosthesis and it is designed to perform the same function as a healthy knee joint. Who can have total knee replacement surgery?…
More and more patients undergoing a total knee replacement are opting for robotic arm-assisted surgery. In this article, we’ll look at what this entails and consider a recent study, published in the Bone Joint Journal, which explored whether this type of surgery makes a difference to outcomes when compared with conventional total knee replacements. What…
Mako robotic-arm assisted joint replacements have been around for the last 17 years. To date, more than a million Mako procedures have been carried out around the world and there have been 330 published, peer-reviewed studies. Impressive data Mako SmartRobotics technology has been hailed as a major breakthrough in joint replacement surgery and the data…
If you’re experiencing severe knee pain that makes it difficult to go about your day-to-day life, you may be suitable for total knee replacement surgery. First performed in 1968, total knee replacements are among the most successful of all surgical procedures, helping people regain mobility and quality of life. Knee replacement surgery entails removing the…
Having a condition like knee arthritis is debilitating and it can have a significant impact on your quality of life. Think about how often you use your knees in your everyday life – for walking, sitting, going up and down stairs, getting in and out of a car… Arthritis causes chronic pain which gets worse…
A total knee replacement is a highly effective way to treat knee pain and stiffness due to arthritis or other conditions that cause severe pain and disability. Statistics from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) suggest that 90% of patients who undergo a knee replacement experience a significant reduction in pain, enabling them to…