| Osteoarthritis knee replacement surgery
Has anyone had the new less invasive knee replacement surgery? (4-inch incision in back/side of knee instead of 8-inch incision in front of knee with less cutting of muscles and ligaments, etc.) Also, I understand Hoag Orthopedic Services in Orange County, CA and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago are doing a type of less invasive knee replacement surgery on an outpatient basis? (Patient drives himself home 7 hours after surgery.)
So far, my doctor is pooh-poohing the less invasive surgery techiques.
I am currently trying Synvisc (also called Hyalgan) injections and am getting quite a bit of pain relief so want to delay knee replacement surgery until, hopefully, the less invasive surgical techniques become standard practice.
Would sure like to hear from anyone who's had one of these new knee replacement surgeries.
Last edited by Carol K.; 06-14-2004 at 03:19 PM.
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