Revision Knee Replacement Surgery in Noida

Revision Knee Replacement

Revision Knee Replacement Surgery: A prosthetic implants of knees in a person who had already replaced his/her knees i.e. had previously a total knee replacement surgery. Revision Knee replacement surgery is also called “secondary knee replacement surgery”.

Revision knee replacement surgery includes the removal of all damaged or worn knees with the artificial knees.

In this surgery, doctors suggest patients for second surgeries, when knee replacement surgeries are failed. Before the starting of procedure of these surgeries, doctors take various required tests to examine any side-effect or infection of prior surgery. Sometimes, patients may face infections because of previous surgery. Therefore, to detect or to diagnose infection, doctors take all the useful tests.

Why do knee replacements have to be redone?

Not every-time but sometimes, knee replacement surgery can be fails due to various reasons such as leg fracture, infection, improper positioning or allergy of implants which results in consistent knee stiffness, instability, difficult for patient to do regular activities, then in those situations patients revision knee replacement plays a vital role.

Revision knee surgery are proven to be most successful in orthopaedic department. Hence, it has various benefits:

  • Helps in enabling the movement of joints
  • Beneficial in removing prior surgery infections
  • Correct knee deformity
  • Helps in doing basic activities without pain
  • Restore Functions

Treatment

Doctors prepare the bone surface for the revision implant after removing the original implants. The procedure starts with clearing the infected area and then reinserting a new joint replacement. Deep infections may treated with surgeries which known as two-stage surgery i.e. revision knee replacement surgery.

Recovery

Although recovery time period may occur differently in various patients. Some take lesser time but rest may need antibiotics for long time. Revision knee replacement surgery has beneficial for various patients but when it operates under the supervision of an expert “ Dr Amit Nath Misra, it must be advantageous for patients.

Dr Amit Nath Misra operates patients after observing their proper conditions and provide you the best treatment by using latest or advance technologies.