Revision Knee Replacement
Revision Knee Replacement
Charles E. Toulson, MD, MBA, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Toulson specializes in adult hip and knee reconstruction, adult hip and knee revisions, muscle sparing hip replacement and state-of-the-art robotic-assisted joint replacement.
Traditionally surgeons enter the knee joint through a cut along the quadriceps tendon, which is repaired with STITCHES after the surgery. The quadriceps tendon is attached to the 4 major thigh muscles used in extension of the knee joint after a knee replacement. The quadriceps and quadricep tendon are essential for activities such as walking and stairs. In techniques where cutting the tendon are used, the patient is asked to start walking on it after surgery while the tendon is healing. OUCH!!
Our surgeons can enter the knee in a way that rarely cuts the Quadriceps tendon or the muscles. Rather this technique “spares” the tendon of damage and special instruments help to “lift” the muscle and slide it over to enter the knee. Incisions on the skin and the capsular tissue are only used, not cuts to the quadriceps tendon itself. Surgery typically takes just 30 minutes to complete implantation of the new knee joint. Less trauma to the quadriceps and tendon often means LESS PAIN and QUICKER RECOVERY.
Charles E. Toulson, MD, MBA, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Toulson specializes in adult hip and knee reconstruction, adult hip and knee revisions, muscle sparing hip replacement and state-of-the-art robotic-assisted joint replacement.
Traditionally surgeons enter the knee joint through a cut along the quadriceps tendon, which is repaired with STITCHES after the surgery. The quadriceps tendon is attached to the 4 major thigh muscles used in extension of the knee joint after a knee replacement. The quadriceps and quadricep tendon are essential for activities such as walking and stairs. In techniques where cutting the tendon are used, the patient is asked to start walking on it after surgery while the tendon is healing. OUCH!!
Our surgeons can enter the knee in a way that rarely cuts the Quadriceps tendon or the muscles. Rather this technique “spares” the tendon of damage and special instruments help to “lift” the muscle and slide it over to enter the knee. Incisions on the skin and the capsular tissue are only used, not cuts to the quadriceps tendon itself. Surgery typically takes just 30 minutes to complete implantation of the new knee joint. Less trauma to the quadriceps and tendon often means LESS PAIN and QUICKER RECOVERY.
DISCLAIMER: This website is for informational purposes only and under no circumstances, should anything contained herein be construed as constituting medical advice or creating a physician-patient relationship. There are no assurances or promises that the procedure will have any certain results and like any surgical procedure, has associated risks as set forth in the consent form required to be signed by the patient before the procedure is performed. If anyone has any questions about the procedure, such person shall be required to establish a physician-patient relationship with a certified surgeon to answer any such questions and to have a personal assessment performed to ascertain the patient’s suitability for the surgical procedure.
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