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Diagnosis and lecture package of artificial knee joint replacement surgery for applicant (Shonan Kamakura General Hospital)

implementation facility
  • Tokushukai Shonan-Kamakura General Hospital
Facility Details
program name
Diagnosis and lecture package of artificial knee joint replacement surgery for applicant (Shonan Kamakura General Hospital)
genre
  • medical treatment:arthritis(joint pain)
program details
[Medical condition] Knee osteoarthritis[Special features]We perform MIS (minimum invasive surgery), not cutting any muscle. This operation is UKA (uni-lateral knee arthroplasty) in which only damaged inner side is changed to artificial knee joint, bleeding is less and blood transfusion is not required. In addition, the knees are good to bend after the operation. In TKA (total knee arthroplasty), which is an operation where whole knee joint is changed to artificial knee joint, UVA(under vastus approach) in which any muscles is cut is performed ahead of other countries. Doctors all over the world come to see this procedure.
[Clinical department]Artificial knee joint center
requirement, condition for apply
[Acceptable patient] ・Patient who is diagnosed to be required artificial knee joint replacement by a doctor in your own country. ・Patient who has tried conservative treatment (*)enough in various ways and did not get the effect of it. (*)Fundamental advice of conservative treatment: 1. Losing weight 2. Training of quadriceps muscle of the thigh 3. Advise how to walk 〈Based on the information, we decide whether the patient is acceptable or not〉・Only knee X-ray photograph in standing position
the services included in the package
The lecture is composed with the them: “Osteoarthritis” “Artificial joint (Partial replacement, Total replacement”, “Risks of the operation”, “Conservative therapy, Advice for prevention and improvement”
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