Total Knee Replacement
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TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT
A total knee replacement is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint in order to relieve pain and disability of osteoarthritis, old injury, old recovered infections and rheumatoid arthritis.
Joint pain severely affects an individual’s quality of life, and the need for total knee replacements is increasing worldwide due to an ageing population. In Pakistan, osteoarthritis of the knee is the most common disability, associated with pain and impaired mobility
37 per 1000
People in Pakistan experience osteoarthritis of the knee
167
Surgeries carried out in 2019
275,000
Cost of surgery
BENEFITS OF SURGERY
- Improved Quality of Life
- Decreases pain and increases mobility
- Diminishes economic burden of chronic pain