The Patient’s Journey – Introduction Total Knee Replacement

An introduction to the patient’s journey through Total Knee Replacement Surgery at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. What will happen? When will it happen? And what can you expect from your medical team?

A knee replacement operation is sometimes the only surgical option available to patients with advanced arthritis of the knee.

The knee replacement operation is a surgical procedure aimed at replacing the worn out parts of the arthritic knee with specially designed metal and plastic components. The aim of the procedure is to relieve the knee pain and improve the patient’s mobility.

The videos in this section of the website will help you to understand what will happen as you go through every stage of the Total Knee Replacement and Recovery programme.

HIS SECTION IS ONLY ABOUT KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY. FOR OTHER KNEE SURGERY PROCEDURES – PLEASE SELECT THE APPROPRIATE TAB AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE

Documents

Types of Knee Replacement

Related links

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust NHS website National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) National Joint Registry British Orthopaedic Association British Association for Surgery of the Knee Anaesthesia Information How The Knee Works Why is Exercise Important?

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Addtional pages

About us

Hip and Knee.tv is part of the exclusive Patient Education programme run by the Orthopaedic Surgery team at Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was launched and created in 2006 by some of the orthopaedic surgeons at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital with the Rapid Recovery Hip replacement DVD. In 2010 the programme was expanded to include four key Knee procedures and in 2011 the website was created.
For more information: see the CONTACT US section.

PLEASE NOTE

This website is not a substitute for seeking proper advice should you feel that you are in need of Hip or Knee treatment. We strongly recommend that all medical issues are discussed with your own doctor or surgical team.

Sponsors

Some of the content on this website has been produced with the kind assistance of the following people and organisations:

Lord Mayor Treloar Charitable Fund

Hampshire Hospitals
NHS Foundation Trust

Ortho 2000 Research Fund

Biomet Europe

Mr Geoffrey Stranks
BSc FRCS(Ed) FRCS(Orth)

Mr Kevin Conn
FRCS FRCS(Tr&Orth)

Mr John Britton
FRCS