Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopaedic Surgery- this is the branch of surgery conerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Both surgical and non-surgical means are imployed to treat trauma, spinal diseases, sport injuries, degenerative diseases, bone infections, tumors and congenital disorders.
Orthopaedic Surgery- this is the branch of surgery conerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Both surgical and non-surgical means are imployed to treat trauma, spinal diseases, sport injuries, degenerative diseases, bone infections, tumors and congenital disorders.
A). Hip and knee replacement- the hip and knee joints are among the most mobile joints of our body. The components that form these joints may be damaged over time or a trauma may result in loss of stability in the hip or knee joint.
Total hip and knee replacement is performed to cure joint disorders that hinder daily life activities such as climbing stairs, walking and getting out of bed that do not respond to medication treatment and physiotherapy.
Some of the risks involved in this surgery infection, clot formation, laxity of hip prothesis over time, revision surgery and failure to obtain desired range of motion.
Knee ligament and ACL reconstuction—
The knee is one of the most complex parts of your body and this joint is of vital importance for your mobility.
The knee ligaments connect your femur to your lower leg bones (tibia and fibula). Knee ligaments function by limiting the extreme rotational motions of the joint between these bones, namely the knee joint. Therefore, knee ligaments are most frequently injured during sports and sudden motions.
In the past, knee ligament injury could terminate sports life of most professional athletes. Recently, it is often possible to resume the sports life even if multiple ligaments are injured.
Anterior cruciate ligament is the most frequently injured ligament of the knee joint. The deformed or torn ligament as a result of the strain is either repaired or replaced by a tendon graft that is obtained from another part of the body.
Why is knee ligament surgery procedure done?
The knee joint has significantly wide range of motion and the range of these motions is limited by the ligaments in and around the knee. These ligaments are extremely strong tissues and keep the bones that form the knee joint connected to each other.
Among the aforementioned ligaments, the most frequently injured one is the anterior cruciate ligament. This ligament limits the rotational motion of the knee joint and it is injured due to many reasons, including but not limited to sudden halt, sudden change of direction while running fast, jumping from a high place in wrong position and direct impact to the knee. This injury not only leads to pain, but it also causes instability of the knee joint.
If you are not a professional athlete and your condition is mild, the condition can be treated by combining medication treatment with physiotherapy. However, if more than one ligament is injured, the person is a professional athlete and the knee joint is instable, treatment option is to repair or replace the ligament. If the condition is left untreated, knee joint will lose the stability as a result of tear or deformity and subsequently, additional load will be born on the meniscus and other joint structures, resulting in other problems in them.
As the case for most surgeries, there are some risks involved in knee ligament reconstruction surgery.
