If you are considering knee replacement surgery, there are new developments under study which can help enhance the quality of life. These include:
- Minimally invasive knee replacement
- Robotic knee replacement
- Outpatient knee replacement
- More patients are candidates for partial knee replacement than were in the past
- Improved anesthesia techniques such as short-acting spinal and epidural anesthesia so patients do not need general anesthesia and the side effects associated with general anesthesia
- Improved pain management
- Improved rapid recovery protocols
- Early physical therapy which decreases pain and leads to a faster recovery and quicker return to normal activity
Only suitably-trained surgeons with various skills offer these procedures.
