TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
JOINT SCHOOL FOR TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENTS
The Joint School Video for Total Knee Replacement
YOUR ORTHOPAEDIC TEAM
Prior to surgery you will be required to undergo a pre-assessment review to assess your fitness for surgery.
The Pre-Assessment team will organise investigations and blood tests taliored to your medical conditions. The team will offer advice with regard to any medications that you are taking and how to optimise your health prior to surgery.
Your Arthroplasty Nurse Specialist coordinates your Total Knee Preplacement journey and will be one of your main points of contact in the hospital if you need to talk to a member of the team.
He or She may also be the person who is responsible for your routine follow up appointments at 6 months, 2 years and 5 years and every 5 years after that.
Your Anesthesisist is the docotor that you will meet on the morning of your surgery to discus what type of anesthesia is best for you. Some patients will require an appointment with their anesthesist at the preassesment clinic depending on medical conditions.
The majority of patients having joint replacement surgery will have a spinal or epidural type anesthesia with or without sedation.
Your Orthopaedic surgeon will assess your individual case and determine what type of implant is best suited to you. She (He) will discuss all the options available and suitable for you.
You will meet your Orthopaedic Surgeon and their team at your outpatients visits befor your surgery and also on the morning of your surgery to discuss any questions that you may have.
Your Physiotherapist will help you mobilise following your surgery. She/He will advise you on how to use walking aids, climb stairs and how to rehabilitate to get the maximium benefit from your new joint.