Knee

surgeon, and during the time I spent watching his surgeries, I got the chance to witness two Total Knee Arthroscopies (TKAs). For my biomedical product, I chose to research a total knee prosthesis. This prosthetic has an old and very diverse history that centers mostly around the 1970s, but today has become a multibillion dollar industry with millions of patients undergoing TKA every year. The first total knee replacement was performed by Theophilus Gluck in the 1890s. He used a hinged, ivory…

not know, I had a series of knee surgeries that used to cause me so much pain and agony. I thought I was going to be in pain for the rest of my life but that is definitely not the case anymore. For 3 years after my last surgery, I would rarely do leg work and this was the #1 problem why I was in so much pain. I used to hate doing leg exercises, I am still not a huge fan of doing a leg day workout but every time I go into the gym I will do my leg work. Dealing with knee pain is not fun at…

If you are facing the prospect of knee replacement in Frisco, TX, know that you are not alone. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than 600,000 knee replacements are performed each year in the United States. But just because they’re a relatively common procedure, that doesn’t mean they’re no big deal. Aside from any of a multitude of surgical complications that can arise from a joint replacement procedure, knee replacement in Frisco, TX requires a fairly…

Fig. 3(a), 3(b), 3(c), 3(d), 3(e), 3(f), 3(g), 3(h) & 3(i). Knee arthroplasty step by step simulation. The proximal tibia is shown in fig. 2(a) where the menus for adjusting the simulation is shown. In knee arthroplasty, virtual saw is used to cut the bones in the knee from front to back. This method of cutting enable the virtual saw to penetrated tibia and then femur part of the knee. The tracker is an interface that is attached to the surgical instrument to track the position and attitude of…

around, bend, chase kids, and more. This does not leave much time for aches and pains, but they do seem to hit, where it hurts the most, in the knees. Knee pain is a very common problem among many women, of all ages. Luckily, it does not have to be something you continue to deal with. There are options when it comes to knee support for women. Knee support for women is important if you think about all the bending that takes place. Your knees are a delicate joint that takes a beating throughout…

when my knee hyper extended backwards and buckled inwards. The movements were accompanied by a loud “pop,” and it would clug like a car shifting. I fell onto the ground and my knee had a slight burn to it, it was like hot water filling inside my knee. After an evaluation from the trainers it was clear that I had torn both my Anterior Cruitiate Ligament and my medial collateral ligament. It left my knee as unstable as two pencils stacked on top of each other. And so, it was time for knee surgery.…

Total Knee Arthroplasty My emotions were all over the place the night before preparing for the OR. I was worried about getting there on time, being able to find the OR, and most of all what surgery would I be observing. The morning of came very quickly and I was up and ready to go. When I first arrived to the OR tunnel my anxiety had come down a lot, and I seemed eager and ready to go. Once I got changed out into the OR scrubs, I then had the option to pick which surgery I wanted to…

One of the most regretful and saddest battles in american and indian history is the Wounded knee massacre, Wounded Knee was the last battle that killed the last indian tribe. On the morning of December 29,1890, on wounded knee creek near the Pine Ridge agency, the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S Army opened fire on the encampment of a band of miniconjou and sioux indians. The beginning of this battle started when the american military forced the indians to live like and live with white men, the…

On December 29, 1890, the United States’ Seventh Cavalry surrounded a camp of Sioux Indians at the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. According to eyewitness to history, Massacre at Wounded Knee, 1890, the Cavalry’s mission was to arrest the Miniconjou Lakota’s chief, Big Foot, and disarm his warriors, because of their involvement in the Ghost Dance Movement. The conflict quickly arose, as a result of the tension that had been building up between the two sides for the past few months…

The atrocities that took place at Wounded Knee was mainly of assassination of Natives. The soldiers had used wagon guns which destroyed some bodies to pieces. Then, the soldiers typically shot at the unarmed Natives while they attempted to escape. They believed the killing of the natives was necessary to defend and save the life of the settlers. President Harrison indicated that the victims deserved the atrocities handed out at them. President Harrison agreed that the Natives were certainly…