Patients with active infections in their body can’t have surgery until the infection is gone.
Platelet Rich Plasma (Platelet Rich Plasma) treatment uses the patient’s own cells to treat the disease. With a special system the platelet is taken from the patients blood and gets injected to the area with the issue.
Pain and swelling in the knee are the first symptoms. Following these, loosing the full range of motion of the knee joint shows that torn meniscus might be blocking the joint.
The most common symptom is pain that starts local and spreads to the area in time. In advanced cases, the pain even affects other joints near the area. Another common symptom is swelling in the area from time to time.
Infection: To prevent antibiotics may be prescribed.
Deep Vein Thrombosis: Less than 5% chance. Seen about 3 days after surgery.
The word arthroscopy means looking inside the joint, and the tool used is called arthroscope. With the lens and lightening system inside the arthroscope camera with a diameter of 4 mm the surgeon can get in the joint to diagnose and treat the problem with minimal damage to the area.
Decrease in height
Pain in back and waist
Fractures and cracks on the hip bone
Fractures in wrists and ankles
Change in the position of back and shoulders
Patients who had a prosthesis surgery in the past should use antibiotics before any other surgical operations to prevent possible infections. Even i simple procedures like having a tooth pulled out the patient needs to be protected. Doctors will help the patient about the medications.
Prof. Dr. Fahri Erdoğan
Prof. Dr. Fahri Erdoğan started his medical career at Istanbul University’s Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty in 1978 and in 1991 he started serving the same university as an Orthopedics and Traumatology specialist.
Orthopedics and Traumatology Professor
He focused his studies on surgical treatments of knee and hip, and gained surgical experience by working in various hospitals and universities with good reputations including;
Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan in 1990
Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, England in 1991
Hannover Medical School, Hannnover, Germany in 1994
Cornell University Hospital of Special Surgery in 2001