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What is Knee replacement?

Knee replacement, is generally considered when both the surfaces of the bones and the lower part of the patella are severely damaged. In this surgical operation, the surface of the thigh bone (femur) is replaced with a contoured piece of metal designed to fit the structure of your bone. The surface of the shin (tibia) is typically replaced by a flat piece of metal and a smooth plastic piece that acts as cartilage. The lower surface of the knee cap can also be replaced with an implant made of plastic or metal and plastic. This surgery is very common in the world and it causes a rapid and significant improvement in the overall health quality of 90% of patients.

What is Orthopedics?

Orthopedics performs the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal diseases, trauma injuries, hand, shoulder, elbow, knee disorders. Arthroplasty, hand, knee, shoulder, elbow, foot and ankle surgery are the main sub-branches of orthopedics. It is also possible to benefit from micro surgery in hand surgery applications performed within orthopedics. The sub-branches of the orthopedics department do not consist of only surgical intervention. Besides these; sports traumatology, lengthening, leg inequality, pediatric orthopedics and traumatology, orthopedic oncology and osteitis are among the sub-branches of orthopedics. Diseases are detected by listening to the patient's complaints, obtaining information about the patient's history and whether there is a hereditary condition in the family and physically examining the patient.