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How Painful Is Knee Replacement Surgery?

Knee replacement surgery, unlike any other surgery, involves changing your body’s natural build system. Therefore, it is obvious that the body will take its time to cope with these changes. Time taken by your body can be a few months. This process is gradual and not immediate. There are several medications and physical therapy involved to make it a success. So yes, it may involve pain in your knee region. Pain can be during and after the surgery. Operation and after During the operation, the doctor will give you anesthesia to make sure you feel no pain. This can be general, epidural, or spinal. Once the operation is completed, the pain is the highest. The immediate pain is the most drastic after the anaesthesia’s effect ends the doctor may put Novocain in the knee to decrease this post-operation pain for a while. Medications Some general medications used to decrease pain are given below. These depend on the doctor to select the medications according to his patien

How Long Does It Take To Recuperate From a Knee Replacement?

Knee replacement is one of the most commonly practiced surgeries. This decision is up to you and your doctor. There is a very high success rate ranging to ninety percent of the patients. Why knee replacement surgery? These surgeries are considered as an option if you have the following problems in your knees: Severe pain all the time Stiffness while climbing stairs or standing up Pain while resting Swollen knee Defected knee shape Alternatively, if any other method to cure this problem has failed to do so you can go for knee surgery. The process: This surgery has become more advanced than ever. You might need to stay in the hospital for 1-4 days maximum. You might get general anaesthesia during the surgery. On the other hand, if the doctor decides he might just give you epidural/ spinal anaesthesia to paralyze you below the waistline. What happens after your surgery? The patients are able to start ambulation the day their surgery has been done. Although i