A 79-year old patient with both knees replaced at the same surgery,
bending her knee on day 5.

We always advise our patients with arthritis to get operated for a knee replacement, but many of them are reluctant to go ahead with surgery for various reasons. Here is a case which illustrates the difficulties faced by patient and also by the surgeon if the patient waits too long!

This “healthy” lady aged 82 kept postponing her knee replacements. She even as of today has no medical illnesses what so ever and is mentally sound. Her activities became less and less due to severe pain. This inactivity resulted in severe softening of her bones (osteoporosis). One day while getting up from her chair she heard a crack from her knee and collapsed. Her X-rays revealed a fracture of her shin bone!

She needed urgent fracture treratment. Problems were now to get a soft bone to unite and also her knee arthritis. I used a technique so that I could fix the fracture and do a knee replacement at one go!

Here is her X-ray after the surgery. She has now requested me to do her opposite knee replacement immediately! Watch this space for her recovery photos. Take home message: DO NOT WAIT TOO LONG for your knee replacement surgery

Mrs. Joglekar, a 65 year old lady from Vasai had been complaining of knee pain for 3 years. She was reluctant to get operated because she felt her knee would not bend after surgery. I used a high flex design with rotating platform in her case. Here she is sitting cross legged. Note that the operated knee bends more than her other arthritic knee after the surgery.

Technological advantages have changed the scenario of knee replacement to such an extent that one can not make out whether the patient has a normal knee or an artificial one.

Here is a patient walking with her knees covered, can you guess which knee has been replaced?

Look at the second video which shows her operated leg"!