What should I expect from my knee replacement in the long term?
It is important to recognize that this is an “artificial jointâ€ÂÂ. At the end of the day, this is not as good as the knee you were born with. You can expect a lot of improvement in most areas, but a knee replacement is designed to make you “betterâ€ÂÂ, not perfect. Today’s advanced technologies including minimally invasive surgery and computer navigation allow us to make this surgery better and better, but this still is not a perfect procedure - and the recovery process is hard and takes patience.
Here is some information about what you can expect 1 year after a total knee replacement based on several literature-proven scientific studies looking at tens of thousands of patients after knee replacement.
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