Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both knees, damaged from arthritis, are replaced during the same surgery. Until recently, it was more customary to do them in sequence, usually 3-6 months apart. The "get it over with" factor has lead to the popularity of doing them both in one session. This comes at the cost of slower recovery and rehab at first, but the overall downtime is less, and only one anesthetic risk. Postoperative complication rate is similar. In the USA, this is an incredibly common surgery, due to several factors, primarily our increasing longevity and the fact that we're overweight (self included), not to mention the effects of prior seemingly minor injuries. There are a number of temporizing, pre-surgery efforts, most with very limited success, such as anti-inflammatory medicines, steroid shots, and synvisc. More limited surgeries are also being tried, such as the new tibial wedge procedure. Arthroscopic surgery for osteoarthritic knees has recently been found to be of no benefit, as opposed to the tremendous role it plays in injuries. Sorry to ramble on, hope this explains things a bit. Phil - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:01 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Carrying multiple bodies... > Tina, > > May I ask what is (double) knee replacement ? > And even if I don't know what it is , I would like > to wish you well. > > Cheers, > > - Phong - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html