DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i12.033

Pages: 2855-2859

Introduction: Total Knee Replacement (TKR) involves the surgically removing ailing cartilage and bone particles from the knee area, knee cap, shinbone, and thigh bone, and substitutes them with artificial joints made of metal alloys, high-grade plastics, or polymers. Although it is generally considered as an effective treatment for knee osteoarthritis and severe knee pain, complications after surgery can arise in various forms. Aim of the study: This study aimed to determine the surgical outcome of total knee replacement and the patient's experience after the surgery. Methodology: This observational study was conducted in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery of National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedic Rehabilitation (NITOR), Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from March 2018 to April 2020. For this study, a total of 73 patients with severe knee pain was approached, compiled from a patient list of two different practitioners, to include a wide variety of demographic with varying characteristics, lifestyles and gender. Of them, 23 patients refused to participate in the study and share their information. The remaining 50 patients faced a basic interview describing their daily lifestyle, their pain severity, and any prior medical history they might have had. After this step, 23 patients were excluded from the list because their knee pain was manageable through medication and it was not necessary to perform TKR on them. Two more patients were excluded because they died of prior conditions before their surgery. Result: A Total of 35 patients most of the patients found male 14(40.0%) and 21(60.0%) female patients with total knee replacement (Table-I). Also, 7(20.0%) of them were aged under 50, 17(49.0 %) are aged between 51 to 70, and the remaining 11(31.0%) are aged 71 and above 10(28.57%) of the sample patients had prior operations of orthopedical nature. From the range of collected data portrayed in the above bar chart, we can see that 60% of the sample.....