Total Knee Replacement (Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee) and Total Hip Replacement (Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip) are very hot political / medical topic these days.
Of course, we all know that physiotherapists effectively treat patients suffering from these conditions for a long time now. For instance, a proper search on the PubMed database for articles treating total hip or knee replacement and physiotherapy, using appropriate Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) – [for more on PubMed search, register for our free PubMed workshop for PABC members – that I am beginning to run at the end of this month – more to come in few days], would reveal 152 studies on the topic – http://tinyurl.com/nywqg
If we limit our search only to a higher level of evidence – Meta-Analysis, Randomized Controlled Trial, and Review level studies, and the last five (5) years of research we still stay with 47 studies – http://tinyurl.com/pq8ng, very impressive!
But haven’t you wondered about how a surgery itself looks like? Wouldn’t it be helpful to you to see how a knee/hip is replaced in order to rehabilitate your patients better?
Therefore, today I am posting four (4) links to pre-recorded live webcasts of knee replacement surgical procedures. These are actual operations performed at medical centers in the United States since January 2004. The videos last an hour.
You will need RealPlayer to view the programs. If you do not have Real Player, you will be prompted to obtain a free download of the software before you view the presentation. You can download the RealPlayer media player at www.real.com.
All webcasts are recorded for and courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine – http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ ! Thank you so much for your excellent services!
So, here are the webcasts:
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1) Computer-Assisted Partial Knee Replacement – http://tinyurl.com/g9c7m (Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 05/04/2005)
2) Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Surgery – http://tinyurl.com/z9xng (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, 05/20/2004)
3) Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement Arthroplasty – http://tinyurl.com/jhvs3 (Tifton Regional Medical Center, Tifton, GA, 03/23/2004)
4) Zimmer MIS Sub-Vastus Total Knee Procedure – http://tinyurl.com/fbc5n (El Dorado Hospital, Tucson, AZ, 10/18/2005)
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On Wednesday, April 20, I will post seven (7) links to hip replacement live video webcasts as well.
I hope that some of you would find these surgery procedures useful 🙂