Knee Surgery & Surgery Options
Knee Surgery Information and Treatment Options
In cases of knee surgery, there is a range of these procedures that can be advised, depending on the specific conditions of the patient. The need for knee surgery would occur in conditions such as major knee injury, chronic pain, or instability, and in degenerative conditions like osteoarthritis. The three most common forms of knee surgeries are arthroscopy, partial knee replacement, and total knee replacement.
Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedure with a small camera. Partial knee replacement describes a surgical procedure in which only the damaged or diseased part of the joint is replaced with an artificial implant. It is misleading to the term "total knee replacement," which refers to all replacement components within the knee.
The recovery time and success rates are different for each surgery and depend on the overall health of the patient. Explore more about the types of knee surgery Mr. Garrett specialises in below.
Total Knee Replacement Surgery
A knee replacement is performed on patients with a worn-out or arthritic knee joint, where symptoms have failed to respond to non-operative treatments such as painkillers and physiotherapy. Robotic Total Knee Replacement is now available too. Find out more about knee replacements here.