Knee Anatomy – Tibia
In a knee replacement the top of the tibia is resurfaced with a tibial “tray”. The arthritic bone is removed and a metal tray is cemented or pressfit into place (depending on the implant). These trays are typically made of titanium.
Treating Infection in Total Joint Replacement
Here, we were referred a woman with a bad problem that had to be treated. She had an infection of her knee replacement. Unfortunately, some patients have infection after knee replacement.
What is Revision Joint Replacement Surgery?
“Revision Joint Replacement” means that someone has already had a joint replacement and now it must be redone or revised for one of a variety of reasons.
Patellar (Knee cap) Resurfacing in Knee Replacement
The knee cap, or patella, is an important part of a knee replacement. The knee cap runs over a groove in the thigh bone, and when it does not run smoothly after a knee replacement, it can be one of the biggest reasons for pain or dysfunction.
Hip and Knee Fellowship Training
Fellowship training as a hip and knee specialist is a year after finishing residency, dedicated entirely to learning how to perform hip and knee replacements. From the straightforward classic techniques, to the modern robotic, custom, or complex revision, we saw it all.
Tourniquet-Free Knee Replacement Surgery
There has been recent literature supporting the move away from routine use of a tourniquet during total knee replacement surgery. Reviews of recent studies on the use of tourniquet have shown lower blood loss and less postoperative pain in patients that had no tourniquet during surgery.
What is Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement Surgery?
Robotic-assisted joint replacement means that your surgeon will use a machine, called a robot that incorporates preoperative imaging (x-ray or CT) and/or data gathered during the surgery.
What is Direct Anterior Total Hip Replacement?
Hip replacement is considered for folks with advanced hip arthritis. There are different ways to perform this surgery, one of which is called “Anterior Hip Replacement”.
What is a Custom Knee Replacement?
With traditional “off-the-shelf” total knee replacement, during the surgery we will size the femur (thigh bone) and tibia (shin bone) to get appropriate sized implants to fit the bone as closely as possible based on the bone cuts we have made.
What is Partial Knee Replacement
Many people with arthritis (loss of cartilage) at the knee have only lost cartilage in one part of the knee. For these people we are able to replace only the area where the cartilage is lost, which allows us to preserve all the ligaments and the normal bone at the knee that must be removed for a total knee replacement.