Knee Surgery
Knee Replacement
Knee replacement surgery is recommended to patients who have a degenerate knee joint causing significant pain and disability. Often the pain is associated with joint stiffness and deformity. Most common cause for degeneration of a knee joint is osteoarthritis. Other causes include inflammation such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout …
Read moreRevision Knee Replacement
The reasons why a knee replacement surgery needs to be redone are multiple. Most commonly is due to loosening or osteolysis secondary to polyethylene wear debris causing damage to soft tissues and bone around the knee joint. Other common causes include infection, patellofemoral pain, instability, arthrofibrosis. It is very …
Read moreRealignment Knee Surgery
Osteotomy is an operation which changes the alignment of the lower limb. This is most commonly done for osteoarthritis that is localized to one area of the joint. Depending on the compartment of the knee affected, a controlled fracture is created either in the tibia just below the knee …
Read moreArthroscopic Knee Surgery
Knee arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that allows direct inspection of the joint and its structures and treatment of several knee conditions. This is usually done as a day surgery procedure. Dr. Razvan Stoita uses knee arthroscopy to treat tears of the menisci (“cartilage”), disorders of the joint …
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