Treatment and diagnostics knee joint replacement (knee arthroplasty) in Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Diseases and injuries of the knee joint are a fairly common phenomenon worldwide. Very often conventional treatment is not enough, and doctors resort to knee arthroplasty – replacing it with an artificial implant.

Recently, more and more often, medical tourists choose Saint-Petersburg for these purposes. Clinics of this city are equipped with the most modern equipment, highly qualified specialists work in them, performing such operations at the highest level. Knee arthroplasty in Saint-Petersburg allows to alleviate the patient''s pain symptoms, restore the main functions of the joint and significantly improve the patient''s quality of life.

Joint replacement is possible only after a thorough examination of the clinic guest. The patient is mandatory sent for radiography, ultrasound, computed and magnetic resonance imaging. Further, depending on the diagnostic indications, the patient may be prescribed gentle preoperative therapy.

The surgical intervention for knee arthroplasty itself can be of two types: partial and total. The first involves prosthetics of not the entire knee, but only its damaged part. The second one involves complete removal of the joint, including ligaments and cartilage tissue.