Procedure of Arthroplasty surgery in Iran

Knee is the largest joint of human’s body. You may have experienced knee pain in any age. Annually, about 1.8 million people go to doctor for this pain. Do you know that about 20 years ago there was no treatment as arthroplasty?
Many types of knee pains can be treated by using drugs or physiotherapy, but if these methods aren’t effective, knee joint surgery is an effective way for your treatment.
Damages resulted from arthritis, lead to arthroplasty surgery. In this surgery, artificial joint or prosthesis, will replace your damaged knee. Generally, life-time of artificial prosthesis is 15 – 20 years and when this surgery is done in lower ages, it should be replaced again in higher ages. The recovery period of this surgery is approximately long. The replacement of knee joint is done in 2 – 3 hours, but its recovery will take some months.

Who are candidate for Knee Replacement?

● Individuals who don’t have overweight or have reduced their weight.
● Individuals whose daily activities performances are disturbed because of knee pain
● Individuals with knee osteoarthritis

Necessary experiments before surgery:

You, as an international patient to receive whole services in Iran and initial consultations, must send some documents and experiments to our specialist in MOJ ARAMESH AMITIS Company:
● Sending your medical file and background
● Blood tests that have been performed during late month
● X-ray images of knees that have been taken recently
Meanwhile, we should remember that after your arrival in Iran and first doctor’s visit, you should perform some experiments again.
The procedure of accepting international patients in Iran is as follow:
● Selecting hospital or a company that facilitates health tourism like MOJ ARAMESH AMITIS Company, to send medical documents and perform initial consultations
● Doing initial consultation, determining all expenses of travel and treatment, determining date of
your acceptance
● Sending essential documents like passport to provide ticket, hotel reservation and initial acceptance in hospital
● Acceptance in hospital, initial visit, doing necessary tests and determining surgery date
● Performing surgery
● Receiving necessary care services in hospital until the moment of discharge
● Discharge from hospital and receiving file summary, bill, necessary documents for receiving expenses of surgery in your country (if this surgery is under insurance coverage in your country)
● Receiving necessary care services in hotel from nursing team.
● Final visit by doctor
● Attractive tours of touring Iran according to your request
● Patient’s follow-up until complete improvement.

Evaluation and Preoperative care:

● Complete consideration of physical and mental status about 3 weeks before surgery
● Performing complete blood tests and electrocardiogram (ECG)
● Consumption of medicines like aspirin, Ibuprofen, warfarin and others that have anticoagulant effect, must be discontinued at least ten days before surgery
● From several months before surgery, discontinue using alcoholic drinks and cigarette

In operating room:

Knee joint surgery, as a heavy and invasive operation, is done under general anesthesia. This surgery, takes 2 – 3 hours and your doctor remove damaged bones and cartilage of knee through creating a cut on top of knee and pulling over muscle and skin.
New knee joint will be connected to femur and tibia by help of specific glue, screw and pin, and at the end, target relative are sewed and dressed.
After surgery, you will be transferred to recovery room, and all your vital signs will be controlled until general consciousness and steady status, and then you will be transferred to hospital ward. About 6 weeks after surgery, you can start many of your daily activities.

But, how much is the approximate cost of Knee Replacement in Iran?

The cost of this surgery in Iran, is about 2100$ to 2430$. The price of this surgery is 125000 $ in United States, 6200 $ in India, 11200 $ in Turkey, 12900 $ in Mexico, 14000 $ in Thailand, and 7700 $ in Malaysia.
According to above mentioned prices, it can be told that Iran is a cheap destination for treatment and this have caused that government and private therapeutic centers attend to this industry and now, Iran is one of the destination of health tourists in the world and especially among neighbor countries.
Knee joint surgery and its insurance coverage
If you have all conditions of knee joint surgery (click to see necessary conditions) and this surgery is under coverage of insurance in your country, so don’t worry about expenses. Our hospitals, will give you all necessary documents after discharge to carry them to your country and paid expenses will be returned to you./ Knee Replacement in Iran

Are you familiar with postoperative cares for knee joint surgery?

You have a heavy surgery ahead, how familiar are you with postoperative cares? As careful as you are in selecting country, hospital and surgeon, you should know that postoperative cares are as important as surgery.
● According to the prosthesis that has been used for you, you will be hospitalized 3 to 5 days and after your pain is decreased, treating doctor will ask you to stand on your feet and start taking step slowly.
● About one week after surgery, start exercises with the help of your physiotherapist.
● Use western toilet
● For walking in prime weeks after surgery, certainly get help from walker or walking stick.
● In first week after surgery, don’t bend your knee.

Physiotherapy after surgery and its effects:

Before and after arthroplasty surgery and especially after surgery, physiotherapy can help with improvement significantly and it is followed by attaining desired result from surgery.
Types of physiotherapy that will help you:
● Electrotherapy
● Massage of surgical biopsy
● Hydrotherapy
● Dry needling
● Training
● Doing necessary exercises for better movement
● Consumption of anti-inflammatory drugs
If we want to name advantages of arthroplasty, the most essential one is eradicating pain and returning ability of doing your daily activities, and one of the positive results of returning ability for doing daily activities, will be your weight loss.
And some potential complications of knee joint surgery are as follow:
● Depreciation of artificial knee during time. This complication has been decreased through improving structure of prostheses
● Stiffness of knee
● Nervous damage in knee
Convalescence:
● Speed of improvement is completely different in various patients, but, overall, to return usual activities, consider following cases:
● Doing housework, 3 to 6 weeks after surgery
● Performing sexual activities, 6 to 8 weeks after surgery
● Swimming, 6 to 8 weeks after surgery
● Driving, 6 to 8 weeks after surgery on right knee (if your left knee has been changed, after one week you may be able to start driving again).
Finally, again, we emphasize that after heavy surgeries like arthroplasty, cares are as important as surgery.
Note that you return to your country after convalescence, and for achieving completer improvement, you should consider many cases of postoperative cares in your country and home. However, if you are struck by severe specific complication, don’t worry. Our follow-up medical team in MOJ ARAMESH AMITIS, will answer your questions 24 hours a day, and will provide you all necessary guides for your improvement as soon as possible./ Knee Replacement in Iran

Some cares that should be done after returning your country and home, are:
● Using special seats for sitting at home. Seat should have a form that, your knee isn’t located higher than femur when you are sitting, and seat bottom should be preferably stiff and firm.
● Your seat must have two armrests
● Always carry a stiff pillow with yourself to put it under your knee when you are sitting in the car so that your knee is located lower than knee-joint.
● Install special handholds in bathroom and use them for movement and prevention of fall danger.
● Do not use the stairs as far as possible, and if you have to do so, attach handholds to stairs and go stairs up and down with their help.
● In bathroom, sit on a seat. Select a kind of legged seats that prevent you from slipping while you are sitting.
● All furniture at home such as slippery and thin carpets, electricity wires and etc. that can cause creation of slipperiness and have danger of slipping, should be picked up from ground.
● When you are wearing shoes or socks, certainly use shoehorn. This prevents knees bend and pressing them.