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2. Joint replacement - Wikipedia

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   Physiotherapy is used extensively to help people recover function after joint replacement surgery. A graded exercise programme is needed initially, as the person's muscles take time to heal after the surgery; exercises for range of motion of the joints and ambulation should not be strenuous. Later when the muscles have healed, the aim of ...

3. Arthrofibrosis - Wikipedia

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   Arthrofibrosis can occur after total knee replacement or partial knee replacement, when excessive scar tissue (collagen fibril) deposition occurs in and around the knee. This can be accompanied by shortening of the patellar tendon (patella baja/infera) which can also contribute to limited flexion.

4. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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   Similarly, total knee replacement can be performed to correct mild valgus or varus deformity. Serious valgus or varus deformity should be corrected by osteotomy. Physical therapy has been shown to improve function, and may delay or prevent the need for knee replacement. Pain often is noted when performing physical activities requiring a wide ...

5. Baker's cyst - Wikipedia

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   The synovial sac of the knee joint can, under certain circumstances, produce a posterior bulge, into the popliteal space, the space behind the knee. When this bulge becomes large enough, it becomes palpable and cystic. Most Baker's cysts maintain this direct communication with the synovial cavity of the knee, but sometimes, the new cyst pinches ...

6. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty - Wikipedia

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   Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a surgical procedure used to relieve arthritis in one of the knee compartments in which the damaged parts of the knee are replaced. UKA surgery may reduce post-operative pain and have a shorter recovery period than a total knee replacement procedure, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] particularly in people over 75 years of ...

7. Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital - Wikipedia

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   Agnes Hunt consulted Sir Robert Jones, after whom the hospital is also named, about her own condition in 1903 and he became honorary surgeon to the hospital in 1904. [2] The hospital moved some 10 miles north-west to its present site near Oswestry as the Shropshire Orthopaedic Hospital in 1921 [ 3 ] and became the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt ...