Knee Pain, Knee Surgery, Knee injury Information

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Some Common Knee Pain include: 

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
Osteoarthritis
Meniscus Tear 

 

Knee Dislocation Overview

A knee dislocation occurs when the bones that form your knee are out of place. The bones of your calf (the tibia and fibula) get moved compared to the bone of your thigh (femur). The bones of your knee are held together by strong bands of tissue, called ligaments. For a knee dislocation to happen, these bands have to tear.

Knee Dislocation Causes

• If the knee is dislocated, it will look deformed. The usual straight line of your leg will be crooked.
• Sometimes, knee dislocations relocate (go back into place) on their own. In this case, the knee will be very swollen and painful.

Knee Dislocation Symptoms

Specifically, there will be a large amount of pain in the knee. Sometimes, there will be no feeling below the knee. If the knee relocates, it will become swollen. You may not be able to feel a pulse (your heartbeat) in your foot.

Go to the hospital's emergency department for medical care for a dislocated knee.

Knee Injury Symptoms

 
Go to the hospital's emergency department for medical care for a dislocated knee.

When Should You Call the Doctor?

Emergent medical care should be sought if, due to injury,

• there is almost immediate swelling in the knee,
• if the bones appear deformed
• if there is inability to bear weight
• if the pain is intolerable,
• if there is loss of sensation below the injury site
• or if the foot and ankle turn cold and no pulses can be felt.

Knee Joint Replacement Overview

The procedure of knee joint replacement is called a total knee arthroplasty (TKA). This surgery involves replacing your knee joint with a manmade one. Doctors may replace your knee joint to end pain, stiffness, and loss of function.

Knee Joint Replacement Causes

Both chronic osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis commonly cause people to lose knee function to the degree that they need a knee joint replacement (total knee arthroplasty or TKA). But knee damage may also stem from injury or infection. Generally, people require a TKA a decade earlier due to rheumatoid arthritis as opposed to osteoarthritis.

• The most common problems with a knee joint replacement
• Fractures (breaks) of the new knee after a fall or other accident .
• Pain from slippage and wear in the new joint


• Other less common problems
  • Infection of the joint
  • Dislocation, either complete or partial, of the new knee
  • A blood clot in a vein ( deep vein thrombosis) above or below the knee (Clots occur most commonly shortly after replacement surgery.)

Knee Joint Replacement Symptoms

• Many people who fall after having a knee replacement break the bone below the new joint on which the new knee is anchored. Pain and swelling occur at or near the site of the knee joint replacement.
• Pain can occur gradually as the new joint develops wear patterns that interfere with the smooth function of your knee.
  • Slippage can cause bony surfaces to move opposite each other and cause pain.
  • This pain increases the more steps you take and decreases when you sit
  • This pain of movement differs from the normal start-up pain that occurs in the first 3-6 months after knee replacement and that decreases over the first few steps.
  • Infection will cause pain, along with frequent redness and swelling at the joint, even when you are at rest.
  • Often fluid will collect at the knee joint from infection and cause a boggy swelling. Fluid may not accumulate with every infection.
  • Fever may occur.


• Dislocating the knee will cause pain.
  • Deformity of the joint will be obvious.
  • A dislocation may damage adjoining nerves, muscles, and blood vessels and impair their function. The popliteal artery, which carries the entire blood supply to your lower leg and foot, can be injured or pinched shut. Nerves to your lower leg can be cut or injured, causing your lower leg to become numb (paresthesia), weak (paresis), or paralyzed. Arteries can be partially or totally blocked, eventually causing pain, the lower leg to turn pale and cold, poor or no pulse, and the leg to swell. Blood clots tend to form during the period ("post-op," or "post-operatively") when you cannot move following a knee replacement.
• Clots become progressively less common with time.
• A clot in your vein generally causes new pain, swelling, or redness in your lower leg.
• The greatest concern is that the clot will travel through your veins and could lodge in your lung (pulmonary embolism).

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