Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Different physical therapies are recommended at first in order to improve severe osteoarthritis. However, if these therapies did not does any justice, then the doctor opt for the knee replacement surgery. Four types of knee replacement surgery are done which include: ‘total knee replacement’, ‘partial knee replacement’, ‘kneecap replacement’ and ‘complex knee replacement’. Different risks and complications are observed among patients who went through the knee replacement surgery. The most commonly done knee replacement surgery is the total knee replacement in which the shine bine and the thigh bone which connects the knee is replaced by the surgeon. This research study was done in order to determine the effectiveness of knee replacement surgery in the treatment of severe osteoarthritis, the most commonly practiced type of the knee replacement surgery and to determine the pre-operative and post-operative measures recommended to the patient who is supposed to go through the knee replacement surgery. For this purpose, two groups of patients were selected who went through partial and total replacement surgery respectively. The pre and post-operative conditions of these patients were observed. From this research study, it was concluded that the patients who suffered from severe osteoarthritis do not recover from different physical therapies and had to go through the knee replacement surgery. Different pre-operative measures recommended to the patients include different physical therapies. However, the pre-operative measures and the post-operative measures are considered to be interlinked. It was observed that the patients who did physical exercises before the operation recover more quickly after the operation and had better gait and other mobility conditions. These patients showed better stair climbing than the patients who did not do any physical exercises pre-operative. Many limitations were also observed in this research study. Very small sample size was selected for obtaining the required results. At first, the patients were reluctant and were contradicted to the questions asked from them. However, later they opened up quite well and shared their experience in a better way. Key words: knee replacement surgery, osteoarthritis, risks, total knee replacement surgery, pre-operative, post-operative