'Mine' degenerative knee arthritis, artificial joint from 65 years old

Professor Kim Kang-il

Can't the artificial joint surgery be delayed in EBS1 'Myeong' broadcasted on the 10th?

-Degenerative knee arthritis' side with orthopedic specialist Professor Kang Il to spend time trying to answer questions about degenerative knee arthritis.

In cold weather these days, an increasing number of older patients complain of knee joint pain due to muscle and ligament contractions.

Korean adults average 6,000 steps per day.

The knees move 6,000 times daily to bear weight.

As older societies progress, the knees of our bodies are reaching their limits.

Knee cartilage, which wears down year by year, leads to pain that someday cannot walk.

Degenerative knee arthritis, which sharply reduces the quality of life.

This disease is one of the inevitable aging processes.

In the last five years, the number of patients with degenerative knee arthritis has increased by 13%.

As the number of patients has steadily increased, there is a growing interest in degenerative knee arthritis.

When and Who Should Do Knee Joints?

What is the difference between bone and cartilage injections?

How does treatment for degenerative knee arthritis begin?

Solve the questions one by one.

◆ rejuvenate my old knee, artificial joint surgery ?!

When performing knee prosthesis, most surgeries are recommended from age 65 or older.

But fears and fears of surgery often miss treatment.

If you postpone surgery with medicine or injections, your joints get worse.

And as you get older, surgery can become more complicated.

Such patients should consider arthroplasty before they become more dangerous.

"I am afraid because I can't do it.

One of the aspects of arthroplasty is age.

This is because the artificial joint machine has a 'life'.

If the treatment is delayed and the surgery is progressed, the difficulty of the surgery increases.

Kim Song-rye, 84, has suffered from knee pain for 40 years.

He suffered from knee pain as a young man, but he missed his treatment because he had to raise household chores, farming, and six children.

Moreover, Kim Song-rye had given up on the treatment that was performed because of the fear of surgery.

After 40 years of neglect of the knees, they eventually reached a level where they could not walk.

The age of 80's is too much for artificial joint surgery.

Will Kim Song-rye be able to complete the joint surgery safely?

◆ cartilage rupture, should you do the surgery?

Meniscus cartilage that absorbs shock from the knee joint and acts as a cushion.

In particular, the elderly should be careful of the meniscus damage to the meniscus.

Meniscus is due to degenerative changes with age and is easily torn by small impacts.

“At first, I would sit down if I got the wrong foot angle.”

How should cartilage rupture be treated?

Kim Bok-soo (age 58), who has been working since his youth and used his knees a lot to tear meniscus.

She was barely walking with a knee pad.

Knee pain that recurs after injection and medication.

Kim Bok-soo has a painful daily life.

Surgical treatment is the only way to reduce pain.

Surgery can help reduce temporary pain.

Could this surgery prevent the progression of degenerative arthritis?

◆ knee life extended by weight management

After middle age, weight gain, obesity, or overweight can lead to a dramatic decrease in the life of the knee.

Knee pains recur even when treated with medications, injections, and physical therapy.

For patients with degenerative knee osteoarthritis, it can be confusing for patients who are not well healed.

“I'm 65.5kg, but it's 78kg in the past”

Knees are heavily influenced by weight.

This is because the knee joint is responsible for 3/2 of the body from head to thighs.

In fact, if the weight increases by 1㎏, the load on the knee is increased by four times.

In addition, if you add walking or running, you have to endure 7kg.

On the other hand, if you lose 5kg in obese people, arthritis pain is reduced by 50%.

Jang Hye-sook, 72, has suffered severe pain for over 10 years due to degenerative knee arthritis.

Unable to tolerate the pain, she decided to have a joint operation and set up a surgery schedule.

Jang Hye-sook has been exercising and managing weight while waiting for the surgery schedule.

Then a miracle happened to her.

Lose 13kg for 6 months waiting for surgery!

When the surgery schedule approached, I was able to go to the hospital with healthy steps.

Jang Hye-sook has no knee pain unlike before.

What kind of life is she living now?

Meanwhile, EBS1 'Myeong' is broadcast every Friday at 9:50 pm.