Knee Replacement Surgery PreOp® Patient Education

[holysumon]

Why the patella is not totally replaced?

[clrobson1]

If you need full join replacement due to injury and disease, what happens if the anterior ligament is also damaged?

[dimz2008]

@clrobson1: nothing! the ACL is actually removed during a total knee replacement so that the surgeon can shave down the ends of the bones to fit the prosthetic pieces. the prosthetics are designed such that you don't need an ACL to prevent your knee from being translated anteriorly (hence the name "anterior cruciate ligament" or "ACL"), so you won't even miss it.

[chichopistola]

ewwww



[isaac1036]

very informative. easy to understand demo. thanks