The human knee is one the toughest and strongest part of the body. The knee is a type of joint that connects the thigh with lower part of the leg. The joint of the knee allows a person to properly use his legs either to stand, sit, move or run. The knee is a sturdy part of the body that seldom gets affected with illness. But damage to knees can happen as a result of falls or sustaining any injury while being in an unfortunate accident.
The diseases such as osteoarthritis and deformation of the knees also occur but mostly in the old age. Knee surgery Milton Keynes is done to remove the debilitating pain and stress a person experiences either due to a knee illness or injury and surgery is done after the knee replacement and other medications have not resulted in any relieve to the patient. One of the common disease that can damage the knee and cause severe pain is osteoarthritis in which the bones present in the knee joint rub against each other and cause wear and tear of the cartilage.
The rubbing results in stiffness, numbness and difficulty for a person to move his knee properly. Knee surgery Milton Keynes is a process in which either the complete or slight damage portion of the knee is replace by an artificial joint. The orthopedic surgeon performs the surgery. The surgeon sedates the patient first during start of the surgery and make an incision on the front of the knee and remove the damage part with use of instruments. Then the surgeon places the artificial joint which is made of metallic and plastic components with help of special bone cement. The knee surgery operation lasts for 2 hours and then patient is kept in a room for few days where he receives post-operative therapy. The patients are allowed to leave after 3 or 4 days.
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