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  2. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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    Knee replacement surgery can be performed as a partial or a total knee replacement. [3] In general, the surgery consists of replacing the diseased or damaged joint surfaces of the knee with metal and plastic components shaped to allow continued motion of the knee.

  3. Cryotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Cryotherapy is often used in an effort to prevent or relieve muscle pain, sprains and swelling after soft tissue damage or surgery. When a musculoskeletal injury occurs, the body sends signals to the inflammatory cells, macrophages, which release IGF-1. IGF-1 is a hormone-insulin-like growth factor which initiates the termination of damaged tissue.

  4. Cold compression therapy - Wikipedia

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    Post operative arthroscopic surgeries also shows significant recovery with cold compression. [6] It has been studied following facial surgery where it has been found to decrease pain and swelling on day two or three. [7] In athletes, cryotherapy has its greatest effect on recovery by using it within the first 24 hours [8] of exercise

  5. Another way to knee recovery that doesn't involve replacement ...

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    On a special episode (first released on December 12, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Approximately 800,000 knee replacement surgeries are performed each year in the U.S. People living with chronic ...

  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 age ...

  7. Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction - Wikipedia

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    Knees following ACL reconstruction surgery. A patellar tendon graft was used. Discoloration of the left leg is from swelling that drained from the knee to the shin. The patellar tendon connects the patella (kneecap) to the tibia (shin). The graft is normally taken from the injured knee, but in some circumstances, such as a second operation, the ...

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