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What is the procedure like for a total knee replacement?
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TKA: Resurfacing the femur, tibia, and patella through an incision. Quite reproducible, usually with great results, initial pain, and requires lots of pt/exercises.
Answered 4/26/2013
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Knee replacement: Although we call it a "total" knee replacement, this surgery is actually a "resurfacing" of the end of the femur, the top of the tibia and the undersurface of the patella (knee cap) with metal and plastic components. Although the acl and PCL ligaments are "replaced" in a total knee with a plastic post, the muscles (quads & collateral ligaments (mcl and lcl) are preserved intact with this procedure.
Answered 1/12/2015
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