Your knee joint is simply the hinge between two bones, the thigh bone (femur) and the shin bone (tibia) whose ends are covered with a thick cushion of soft, white cartilage. Due to wear and tear, age or other factors this cartilage begins to wear away and thus the underlying bones rub together causing extreme pain and inflammation.

Minimally invasive total knee Arthroplasty (MIS) simply uses a smaller incision (3 to 4 inches) as against the former which requires a large incision (8 to 12 inches) and also causes significant disruption of the muscles and tendons.

Arthritis of knee is the world’s leading cause of disability. Arthritis causes pain, swelling, inability to walk, reduced bending of knee, inability to sit cross legged, deformity and so on

The knee of a woman is not simply a smaller version of a Man’s knee. There are differences involve the bones, ligaments and tendons in the joints therefore merely a different size for women doesn’t resolve differences. There is proof that the shape of women’s knees typically fall into different ranges than men’s therefore making these differences significant.

I ASSIST by our Dr. Neelam V. Ramana Reddy, A leading orthopedic surgeon and Senior Consultant for joint replacement in Hyderabad.

I-ASSIST is basically a computer assisted stereotaxic surgical instrument system.

This innovation in knee replacement surgery is called patient matched instrumentation. Using this approach a CT scan and an X-ray of the patient scheduled to undergo the surgery is first taken.