Friday 23 September 2016

Some of the Conditions Knee Arthroscopy is Used to Treat and Diagnose

Arthrscopy of the knee is a common operation and there are more than 100,0000 Knee Arthroscopies performed every year in Australia. The procedure is generally a Day-Day hospital visit, performed often, though not always, under a general anaesthetic.



- Torn cartilage or meniscus: treated by trimming back the torn cartilage
- Loose, floating bodies: removal of loose cartilage or bone
- Knee-cap, (patello-femoral), disorders
- Washing infected knee joint
- General diagnostic purposes

Knee arthroscopy is most commonly recommended after you begin to consistently avoid regular lifestyle activities because of knee pain. Though, there are some medical conditions which can interfere with your doctor's decision to go ahead with arthroscopy.

Thursday 22 September 2016

Revolutionary Treatment For Total Hip Replacement Surgery

The Improvements made, since ivory was used in 1891 to replace the femoral heads of patients, have been numerous. Skin and other tissues, glass and then stainless steel, have all been used to replace degraded joint surfaces, in an attempt to make the movement of the hip joint smooth and pain-free.


In the 1960's Sir John Charnley, designed what he called a 'low friction arthroplasty', which was in principle the same as the prostheses used today. His prosthesis came in three parts; a metal femoral stem, a polyethylene acetabular cup, fixed with acrylic bone cement. The feature of 'low friction', Charnley managed to achieve by the smaller surface area of his femoral head design.

One of the great surgical advances over the last century is the total hip replacement. Total hip replacement revolutionised the treatment of hip ailments and is today one of the most successful, safe and reliable orthopaedic interventions in practice.