Endoprosthetics of the Knee Joint - Services of Israeli Orthopedists

Human joints are irreplaceable parts of the musculoskeletal system. If the joints are painful and stiff, they not only impede active life activity, but also interfere with the ordinary daily movements of a person, significantly worsening the quality of his life as a whole.

The most effective, very often the only way to give a broken joint normal mobility is a method of surgical treatment, such as arthroplasty. Over the past decade, the method of replacing the joint with an artificial prosthesis has proved its advantage over other therapeutic methods and is currently the gold standard for the treatment of joints. Today, only in the Russian Federation the need to replace joints is about 300 thousand operations per year.

In the extensive list of degenerative-dystrophic pathologies of the joints, knee joint diseases are the most common, second only to injuries and diseases of the hip joint . Diseases of the knee joint usually progress, characterized by severe pain and a significant restriction of mobility in the knee. The installation of an articular endoprosthesis as a therapeutic measure for these diseases usually becomes the only method that allows one to hope for a complete cure.

Indications for the replacement of the knee joint are deforming arthrosis of different origin, pathological autoimmune processes, infections, aseptic necrosis of the bone, metabolic disorders, bone tumors and complications of the transferred injuries. In the case of timely replacement of the knee with a qualitative modern implant, the patient can completely solve the problem with constant pain and decreased mobility. It is not for nothing that arthroplasty of the joints, and knee joint, first of all, is considered one of the most significant successes of modern orthopedics.

Since the knee joint belongs to very complex parts of our body, endoprosthetics of the knee joint requires the highest professionalism from the doctor, and from the medical institution - the availability of modern instruments and qualitative endoprostheses. Today, when Russian medicine is in decline, many Russians are forced to resort to the help of foreign orthopedic surgeons, including contacting Israeli specialists.

When a patient arrives for treatment from abroad, in Israel he first goes through a wide diagnostic study that allows you to confirm the diagnosis, assess the degree of joint damage, determine an adequate method of surgical intervention and eliminate contraindications. After this, the size of the implant is determined and knee arthroplasty is prescribed.

Replacement of the joint of the tribe of Israel can be either total (change all three parts of the joint) or single-pole (in this case, replace only damaged items). Orthopedists of Israel use the most modern implants, made of titanium alloys, high-molecular plastic and ceramics. These joints are excellently adopted and have a long service life. The patient can move independently (with the help of the walkers issued in the clique) already the day after the operation, and after a month and a half he returns to a full active life. Replacement of the knee joint is successful in more than 90% of cases.