Knee Arthroplasty [การ ผ่าตัด เปลี่ยน ข้อ เข่า เทียม, which is the term in Thai] needs a remain in a healthcare facility. Procedures might differ depending on your condition and your physician’s practices.
Knee substitute surgery is most often executed while you are asleep under general anesthesia. Your anesthesiologist will review this with you in advance.
Generally, knee replacement surgical procedure follows this procedure:
- You will be asked to get rid of garments and will be offered a gown to wear
- An intravenous, or IV, the line may be started in your hand or arm
- You will be positioned on the operating table
- A urinary catheter may be inserted
- If there is too much hair at the medical site, it might be clipped off
- The anesthesiologist will continuously monitor your heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, as well as blood oxygen level during the surgical treatment
- The skin over the surgical site will be cleaned with an antibacterial solution
- The physician will make a cut in the knee location
- The medical professional will eliminate the damaged surfaces of the knee joint as well as resurface the knee joint with the prosthesis. The knee prosthesis is composed of steel as well as plastic. Amongst the most usual sort of man-made knee prosthesis is a cemented prosthesis. Uncemented prostheses are not typically utilized anymore. A concrete prosthesis connects to the bone with medical cement. An uncemented prosthesis connects to the bone with a porous surface area onto which the bone expands to attach to the prosthesis. Sometimes, a mix of the two kinds is utilized to change a knee. The prosthesis is generally included three parts: the tibial component, to resurface the top of the shin, or shin bone; the femoral, thigh bone, part, to resurface completion of the thighbone; as well as the patellar part, to resurface the bottom of the kneecap that rubs against the thighbone
- The incision will be gathered stitches or surgical staples
- A drain may be placed in the incision website to remove liquid
- A sterile and clean bandage or dressing will be applied
