Total Knee Replacement Surgery

Damaged knee joints can cause a lot of discomfort and pain and reduce mobility. Total Knee replacement surgery or arthroplasty not only relieves a patient of the pain but also restores the knee function to its old self. 

• Procedure

During the procedure a surgeon removes damaged portions of bone on the femur (thigh bone ending point) and from the top of tibia (shin-bone) and replaces these portions with prosthetic components. Here the damaged knee joints with artificial joints (prosthesis) are made of materials like metal alloys orhigh-density plastic. The procedure takes around 2 hours per knee.

Hospital Stay and Expenses

Once the surgery is completed a patient is taken to a recovery room where the effect of surgical anesthesia diminishes. It generally takes a few hours. Once the anesthesia wears off, a patient is seen by a physical therapist.The therapist if he deems it appropriatedischarges the patient on the home day of the surgery itself. If the orthopedists feel otherwise a patient is admitted for 1 to 2 days before being discharged. The cost of the surgery in India is anywhere between 3500 USD to 9000 USD whereas the cost for the same procedure in the USA is around 49000 USD and upwards.