Quad Sparing Knee Replacement Surgery

Patients who have quad sparing total knee replacement typically have quicker recovery less pain and a smaller incision so the scar isn t as visible.

Quad sparing knee replacement surgery.

The technique requires only a 3 to 4 inch incision. Quad sparing total knee replacement quad sparing total knee replacement is a minimally invasive surgery done through a small incision. The larger incision gives the surgeon a wide enough view to properly align the implant and bone. This less invasive procedure involves a.

The surgeon makes a 3 to 4 inch incision in the side of the knee and performs the knee replacement using special instruments guided by computer imaging. There is definitely a steep learning curve regarding the use of these instruments and many physicians including myself worry about the accuracy of the bone cuts and limb alignment with these side cutting instruments. Because the minimally invasive approach to exposing the knee joint involves less disruption to the muscle and the joint itself this procedure leads to. Traditional total knee replacement entails cutting into the quadriceps tendon which connects the large quadriceps muscle group on the front of the thigh to the kneecap.

Minimally invasive quadriceps sparing total knee replacement is a new surgical technique that allows surgeons to insert the same time tested reliable knee replacement implants through a shorter incision using surgical approach that avoids trauma to the quadriceps muscle see figure 1 which is the most important muscle group around the knee. To truly spare the quadriceps tendon from any cutting a different variation of minimally invasive surgery called quadriceps sparing knee replacement can be used. Benefits of quadriceps sparing total knee replacement surgery. Faster recovery and return to regular activities.

Another name for it is the subvastus approach. When arthritis saps a patient s joy in an active life uw medicine orthopedic surgeon dr. A quadriceps sparing knee replacement is often called minimally invasive because the orthopedic surgeon makes smaller incisions in the muscles that support the knee. Quad sparing knee replacement surgery is a minimally invasive procedure that does not involve cutting the quadriceps tendon.

Use of this quadriceps sparing approach can lessen post operative pain and shorten the recovery period. The quad sparing approach cuts just the inside of the knee cap. Seth leopold performs a quadriceps sparing total knee replacement. This surgical approach is not new.

Who s a candidate for quadriceps sparing total knee replacement. This new technique which is sometimes called quadriceps sparing knee replacement uses an incision that is typically only 3 4 in length see figure 2. The surgeon then moves the kneecap out of the way to access the arthritic joint.