Your knees work hard during your daily routine, and arthritis of the knee or a knee injury can make it hard for you to perform normal tasks of daily life. If your injury or arthritis is severe, you may begin experience pain when you’re sitting down or trying to sleep. Sometimes a Total Knee Replacement is the only option for reducing pain and restoring a normal activity level. A total knee replacement involves cutting away the damaged bone of the knee joint and replacing it with prosthesis. This “new joint” prevents the bones from rubbing together and provides a smooth knee joint.
The goal of knee replacement surgery is to resurface the parts of the knee joint that have been damaged and to relieve knee pain that cannot be controlled by other treatments.
