Benefits of TKR
Dr Tarabichi said TKR is carried out to make the patient pain free. The patient feels that: Pain has disappeared or has been substantially reduced. Limb has become stronger than ever before. Movement has become painless. Joint movement has improved. Quality of life has improved. Has become self-dependent.
Lubitza Ljuback, a Serbian expatriate from Belgrade who was suffering from a persistent knee deterioration for the last three years, underwent a Total Knee Replacement at the Burjeel Hosptial, Dubai, in March from Dr Tarabichi. Lubjac is overjoyed with the result: “Dr Tarabichi and his team have done a miraculous implant and as promised, within five weeks, I am walking without any support. “I suffered for over three years and I had shown my knee to specialists from around the world. But now my pain has disappeared, my gait has improved and after the regular physiotherapy, I am now able to
achieve a flexion of nearly 145 degrees. Just 5 degrees more and I will have regained my normal bending power and flexibility. My left knee feels exactly the same as my right one.”
TKR procedures Persona Implants:
The Persona System makes the most clinically successful knee replacement more personalised than ever by focusing on the unique needs of the patient, surgeon and institution
PSI Technique (Patient Specific Instrumentation):
Patient specific instrumentation (PSI) is a modern technique in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) aiming to facilitate the implant of the prosthesis. The customised cutting blocks of the PSI are generated from pre-operative three-dimensional model, using computed tomography (CT) or Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
MIS (Minimally Invasive Surgery):
Minimally invasive surgery is a surgery minimising surgical incisions to reduce trauma to the body. This type of surgery is usually performed using thin-needles and an endoscope to visually guide the surgery.
Full Flexion Knee:
The ability of patients to fully bend their knee following joint replacement surgery was one of the crucial issues that obstructed the decision of some people to undergo the operation, especially as bending the knee is extremely important. It was common knowledge that patients who underwent knee replacement would not be able to bend their knees fully. Due to the modifications that have been introduced to joint design, it is now possible for the patient to fully flex his knee after the operation, provided that he was able to do so before surgery.