Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint is a degenerative disorder of knee joint that affects people who are more than 40 years of age.
- Patients usually complain of pain and swelling around knee joint which are aggravated by sitting on the floor and climbing stairs.
- Sometimes patients also have crackling sound on movement of knee joint; which is also known as crepitus, and deformity of the joint.
- It is usually diagnosed by plain X-ray of the knee joint, which shows decreased joint space with bony spurs around the knee(Osteophytes) and angulation of the bones involving the Knee Joint.
- In initial stages if diagnosed early, most of the patients can be successfully treated non-operatively by medicines, physiotherapy and appropriate exercises.
- Some patients who do not respond to these conservative therapies and in whom the mobility is severely affected may require surgery.
Commonly done surgeries are:
1.) High tibial osteotomy
2.) Total knee replacement
For more information, contact your nearest Orthopaedic surgeon or call us on 020-25883678/020-25896462
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