(MIS) Quadriceps | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Overview Knee replacement is a surgical procedure that decreases pain and improves the quality of life in many patients with severe knee arthritis[1]. Typically patients undergo this surgery after non-operative treatments (such as activity modification anti-inflammatory medications or knee joint injections) have failed to provide relief of arthritic symptoms. Surgeons have performed knee replacements for over three decades generally with excellent results; most reports have ten-year success rates in excess of 90 percent.

Broadly speaking there are two types ways to insert a total knee replacement: the traditional approach and the newer minimally-invasive (sometimes called quadriceps-sparing) approach.

Traditional total knee replacement involves a roughly 8” incision over the knee a hospital stay of 3-5 days and sometimes an additional stay in an inpatient rehabilitation setting ...