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Your Total Knee Replacement

What to Expect Before, During, and After Surgery

Welcome!

Pre-op Care and Instructions Hospital Stay and Surgery Details Post-op Care and Instructions Q&A Session

Before Your Knee Replacement

Preparing for Surgery

❖ Medical Evaluation

❖ EKG and Surgical clearance

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>60 years old – will need to see PCP (or Cardiologist)

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<60 years old – EKG done at pre-op at hospital

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Everyone – lab work and registration at Legent 15 days prior to surgery

❖ Assemble Your Medical and Personal

Information

Preparing for Surgery: What YOU can do!

❖ Homecoming Preparation

❖ Cooking Preparation ❖ Getting the house ready

❖ Preparing for Your Hospital Stay

❖ Arrange for ride home ❖ What to bring

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Comfortable, loose-fitting clothes

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Copies of insurance, health directives, etc.

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Leave jewelry, cash, and other valuables at home ❖ Other Considerations

❖ Avoid alcohol use 48 hours before

surgery

❖ Avoid/quit tobacco use

Before Surgery

❖ 3-7 days before surgery

❖ Stop blood thinners 7 days before ❖ Avoid shaving legs 3 days before ❖ Stop Metformin 2 days before

❖ 1 day before surgery

❖ Bath or shower using Hibiclens before bed ❖ Nothing to eat or drink after midnight

❖ Day of surgery

❖ May take medications in the morning with sips of water ❖ Arrival to hospital approximately 2-3 hours before start time

During Your Knee Replacement

Total Knee Replacement: Procedure

Animation courtesy Visual Health Solutions, Inc.

Knee Replacement Surgery

❖ Anesthesia Considerations

❖ General anesthesia ❖ Regional nerve block

❖ Procedure Length

❖ Approximately 1-1.5 hours ❖ Antibiotics given during and while

in hospital

❖ Hospital stay

❖ Typically 1 night in hospital

Your Knee Replacement: Type of Implant

❖ Stryker Triathlon Total Knee System™︐

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Specifications

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Femur component: Chrome Cobalt

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Tibial component: Chrome Cobalt

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Joint Spacer and Patella: Polyethylene

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Longevity

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20-25 years

Your Knee Replacement: Type of Implant

❖ Zimmer Persona Knee System ™︐

❖ Specifications

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Femur component: tantalum

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Tibial component: tantalum

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Joint Spacer and Patella: Polyethylene

❖ Longevity

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20-25 years

Your Hospital Stay: Pain Management

❖ In the Hospital ❖ General Anesthesia

❖ Regional Nerve Block

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Typically last ~24 hours

❖ Pain medication - Oxycontin

❖ At time of discharge

❖ Norco (hydrocodone) – severe pain ❖ Tramadol-moderate pain ❖ Ibuprofen – as needed

Your Hospital Stay: Blood Clot Prevention

❖ During Hospital Stay

❖ Early walking and out of bed

❖ After Discharge from Hospital

❖ Aspirin 81 mg twice daily for 4 weeks ❖ Sequential Compression Devices (SCD) for high-risk

patients (recommended for all)

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Can be purchased and be fitted before surgery

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Not covered by insurance ($225)

Your Hospital Stay: Physical Therapy

❖ Day of Surgery and During Hospital Stay

❖ Out of bed and early walking ❖ Start using cane or walker

❖ After discharge

❖ Home physical therapy for approximately 3

weeks

❖ Outpatient therapy for approximately 10 weeks ❖ Home Exercise Program

After Your Knee Replacement

What to Expect: How Will Your Knee Be Different?

❖ Pain Relief

❖ 90-95% improvement in pain ❖ May still have some pain afterwards

❖ Improvement in function

❖ Able to do more of what you want to

do

❖ Correction of deformities

❖ Improvement in range of motion ❖ Correction of varus deformity (bowed-

legs)

Your Recovery: General Considerations

❖ Wound Care

❖ May shower 2 days after surgery, pat area dry

and redress with dry dressing

❖ Look for any signs of infection ❖ Home nurse will instruct you in dressing

changes

❖ After 3 week post-op visit, you will be able to

shower, pat dry, and leave incision open to air

❖ Avoid lotions or creams for first 6 weeks ❖ Avoid submersing in bath, swimming pools, hot

tubs, etc. for first 6 weeks

Your Recovery: Pain Management

*may vary from patient to patient based on individual needs and physician recommendations

Example Pain Medication Regimen After Knee Replacement*

Morning (6:00 AM) ❖ Norco (hydrocodone) for severe pain ❖ Tramadol/Ibuprofen for breakthrough pain ❖ Ice, elevation Noon (12:00 PM) ❖ Norco (hydrocodone) for severe pain ❖ Tramadol/Ibuprofen for breakthrough pain ❖ Ice, elevation Evening (6:00 PM) ❖ Norco (hydrocodone) for severe pain ❖ Tramadol/Ibuprofen for breakthrough pain ❖ Ice, elevation Night (10:00 PM) ❖ Norco (hydrocodone) for severe pain ❖ Tramadol/Ibuprofen for breakthrough pain ❖ Ice, elevation

Your Recovery: Physical Therapy

❖ Physical Therapy

❖ Home Physical therapy for 3 weeks ❖ Transition to Outpatient Physical therapy for additional 10 weeks ❖ Focus on gradual walking program with improved range of motion and

quad strengthening

❖ May include strengthening programs involving walking, water therapy,

and stationary biking

❖ Your Activity

❖ Resume driving when your knee bends enough that you can enter and sit

comfortably in your car

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Assess ability at 2-3 weeks

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Typically 4-6 weeks after surgery

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Do NOT drive if taking narcotic pain medication

❖ Use of cane or walker with walking for first 4 weeks

Your Recovery: Expected Milestones

Day 1

❖ Begin walking with cane/walker ❖ Being able to walk up/down 3 steps of stairs

3 weeks

❖ Walking with cane/walker – discontinue at 4 weeks ❖ Knee flexion to 90 degrees or greater

6 weeks

❖ Walking without cane/walker ❖ Knee flexion to greater than 100 degrees ❖ Full extension of the knee

10 weeks

❖ Walking and activity as tolerated ❖ Continue outpatient physical therapy ❖ Knee flexion to 110-120 degrees

3 months

❖ Completion of outpatient physical therapy, continue home exercise program ❖ Knee flexion to 120 degrees

6 months

❖ Walking and activity as tolerated ❖ Knee flexion to 120 or greater

1 year

❖ Return to normal activity level without restriction

Your Recovery: Avoiding Problems

❖ Preventing Infection

❖ Notify your surgeon before any dental work or

procedures because antibiotics are needed to prevent infection

❖ Avoid all dental procedures for a minimum of 6

months after your surgery

❖ Typically take antibiotics 2 hours before any

dental procedure

Your Recovery: Avoiding Problems

❖ Blood Clot Prevention

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Continuation of aspirin for 4 weeks

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Walking and activity

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Sequential compression device (SCD)

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Compression socks

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Foot and ankle exercises

Your Recovery: Avoiding Problems

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Persistent fever

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Shaking chills

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Increased redness, tenderness, or swelling of the knee wound

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Drainage from knee wound

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Increasing knee pain with both activity and rest

Warning Signs of Infection

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Increase pain in your calf

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Tenderness or redness above or below your knee

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New or increasing swelling in your calf, ankle, and foot

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Sudden shortness of breath

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Sudden onset of chest pain

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Localized chest pain with coughing

If you are experiencing ANY of these symptoms notify your doctor and go to the Emergency Room!

Warning Signs of Blood Clot

Thank You!

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