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| High Flex total Knee replacement |
| popular procedure for South Indians, Muslims, middle east and Japanese patients |
| This special form of replacement was pioneered in Tamil nadu by Dr.Venkatachalam for a Muslim doctor from Lucknow. Religious dictates of Islam require a person to offer prayers 5 times daily. For an orthodox muslim this would not be possible with normal knee replacements. A high flexion knee replacement using a special prosthesis allows bending upto 155 degrees and permits kneeling. Many more patients have undergone a a High flex,( Hi flex) or full bending knee with the surgeon. |
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| Natural behaviour after TKR |
| A normal TKR allows a person to sit on a chair, use an Indian toilet but does not permit to squat and sit cross legged.
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| Activities possible after a High flex TKR |
| are sitting cross legged, squatting, kneeling, use of Indian toilet. |
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| Aggressive physiotherapy |
| Physiotherapy is an important adjuvant therapy to really gain full flexion. It is commenced 48 hrs after your operation when pain is tolerable and the wound is settling. Active knee bending is taught to the motivated patient. |
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