جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "جراحی زانو" در نشریات گروه "پزشکی"

Introduction & Objective:

Osteoarthritis, as the most common disease of joints, is one of the more important causes of knee pain and the affected person may be candidate for Total knee Replacement Surgery if no response to conservative treatment is present.

Materials & Methods:

In this article some issues about Total Knee Arthroplasty, including indications, contraindications, techniques and possible complications, are explained.

Nowadays Satisfaction Rate of this procedure is 80-100 percents in different centers and 15 years Survival rate is about 95 percents.

If total knee Replacement Surgery is done according to true indications and based on a correct technique it will solve the problem of most patients suffering a severe Knee Osteoarthitis and will help them to improve their quality of life.

Pain as a main social problem has involved millions of people. Surface massag is one of the effective ways for reducing pain after surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of surface massage technique on pain intensity in knee surgery patients with Arthroscopy technique. This is a clinical trial study on 60 Knee surgery patientsSamples were selected using conveniencecontinuity method and then they were randomly divided into intervention and control groups. In intervention group، besides routine treatments، patients were taking surface massage technique by the researcher for 20 minutes each day and pain severity was evaluated before and after the surface stroking technique. Control group received only routine medical care and pain severity was evaluated in first and after 20 minutes. Data was analyzed by presenting descriptive and inferential statistics with using SPSS version 15 software. Results showed that there was a statistical different between mean score of pain severity before and after surface massage in intervention group (p <0. 001) but this difference wasn''t meaningful in control group (p=0. 32). Considering surface massage as a safe and effective intervention، it could be used as an easy، cheap and executable method for treating pain in all medical health care centers and even at patient''s home.