– Are you Suffering
From Knee Pain?
- Treatment options
After the diagnosis of knee joint pain, the patients are initially kept on painkillers, steroids, etc. Physiotherapy is advised, which helps strengthen the muscles and surrounding structures. In some cases, the viscosupplementation is done into the knee joint, which improves the functional outcome. Hyaluronic acid is used as viscosupplement.
-Regenerative Medicine: Novel Modality to Treat Knee Pain
It is the latest development in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, which is minimally invasive, very safe, and has shown excellent safety and effectiveness. In this method, the stromal vascular fraction containing a heterogeneous mix of adipose tissue cells is obtained from the patient’s own adipose tissue and is implanted into the knee joint. These cells have the ability to differentiate and regenerate. After implantation, they regenerate the cells of the tissue to which these cells home-in.
In long-term studies, the growth of articular cartilage has also been seen. So, the articular regenerate throughout life and restores the original knee joint.
The success of this procedure depends on certain variables, to know more, please visit our website (read more).
Patients who are having diabetes and hypertension can also go for SVF treatment.
- Knee replacement surgery
When conservative treatment and all other probable treatments for knee pain relief fail, you are left with only one option, which is total knee replacement. This is a difficult procedure in which the damaged bones are cut-off and are replaced with metal implants. Complete recovery after this procedure takes time. The recovery protocol consists of medications and many rehabilitative exercises.
Even after surgery, patients need to vary of the complications like deep vein thrombosis, in which there is blockage of the arteries due to thrombi formation; being a major surgery, chances of infection are high and in some cases, there is implant failure, requiring a second operation and in few cases, removal of the implant. Post-surgery, the functional outcome remains the same as it was before the surgery.
The patients need to follow some restrictions throughout their life.