August 19, 2013 :

A 63 year old lady was suffering from pain in the right knee for the last 15 yrs. She was almost bedridden for the last 4 years because of progressive deformity of her right leg. Her right knee was bowing outwards. As a result her knees were knocking against each other and her legs were now of different length. She was found to be having osteoarthritis of the right knee resulting in valgusdeformity. Majority (> 95%) of the patients have a varus deformity in which the leg bends inwards; only a few patients have valgus deformity in which the leg bends outwards. In this patient we could manage a good result using conventional implants. However, there are occasions when we have had to use special Constrained Condylar implants for the knee. She is doing very well in the recovery period.

August 12, 2013 :

Mr JK, a 54 year old gentleman had complaints of pain and progressive bending of both the knees for the last 12 years. He was completely housebound for the last 2 years due to difficulty in walking. He had no other medical problems. His x-rays showed that bone from one side of tibia had completely worn out. This was a patient who should have undergone total knee replacement at least 6 years back. We had to use a special part called a Wedge. This is made of metal and it fills up the bone deficiency. The patient was out of bed on the 3rd day of surgery and is recovering well.