YOUNG ARTHRITIS

Total knee replacement

Indications

Implications in the young patient with Osteoarthritis

Preoperative planning

Design of knee replacements and their implications

Surgical approach

Tips to creating a well balanced knee

Misconceptions in Knee arthroplasty

Controversies in Total knee arthroplasty

To resurface the patella or not

Posterior cruciate substitution or not

Navigation

Minimal invasive knee replacement

Outcomes

Complications

FAQs for patients with a knee replacement

Sports and knee replacement

Prodromes to failure in knee arthroplasty

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"Knee joint replacement is one of the most successful operations in orthopedic surgery. About 300,000 total knee replacements are performed per year in the United States. Long term successful outcomes have been reported with most current designs of total knee replacements.

"Over 95% of patients have excellent relief of pain, good mobility, and the ability to return to most of their normal activities of daily living. There are still concerns about the degree of functional improvement in TKRs and hence newer designs in knee replacements are attempting to improve kinematics and flexion."