subject: Knee Replacement Surgery And Laser Eye Surgery [print this page] An individual naturally consists of 206 bones in his body and these bones are the rigid organs which protect various organs of the body. Bones help produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. They have variety of shapes having a complex internal and external structure. They are light in weight yet are hard and serve multiple functions. Our knee is considerably approved the most complicated and largest joint in the body. To observe the comparison among all the parts of the body, knee is supposed to be the vulnerable as it bears all the loads of the body.
Factually, when we walk our knees support 1.5 times our body weight in the same way climbing stairs it bears 3-4 times and while squatting 8 times of our body weight. We should know that it is our knees that connect the femur, our thigh bone and longest bone in the body to the tibia, our shinbone and second longest bone. However, there are two joints in the knee the tibiofemoral joint and patellofemoral joint. The former joints the tibia to the femur and latter joints kneecap to the femur. Knee is the part of the chain connecting pelvis, hip, and upper leg above, and the lower leg, ankle and foot below. Imagine what will happen if by the way you break you knee, you will limply fall upon the ground.
Have no worry because worry does not mend the matter. If unfortunately you meet the accidents, without any delay go and meet the Knee Replacement Surgeon. Knee replacement is a surgical procedure by doing of which the surgeon very attentively replaces the weight-baring surface of the knee smoothing relief from the pain. This replacement is also known as the arthroplasty that relieves the pain and disability of osteoarthritis. It is importantly performed for other knee diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis.
Turning to the laser eye surgery, we are aware of the importance of the eyes. Everything would turn to be dark for a person who cannot see. Eyes, according to the health professionals, are the fragile organs of the body. It is the most sensitive thing in the body. We have to give special care to the eyes. Laser eye surgery, which is a type of refractive surgery for the correction of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism, helps man increasing his eye sight. It, after being performed for person, brings a dramatic change in his vision. Laser eye surgery corrects the vision of a specific person, impacting no longer he/she feel the need of glasses or the contact lenses virtually. Laser eye surgery reshapes the cornea, the clear front part of the eye.
This changes its focusing power. However, there are different types of laser eye surgery and for instances, we can add LASIK - laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis- it is a type of surgery which is supposed to be the most common. It is performed by the ophthalmologist using a laser which functions to reshape the cornea that helps improve visual acuity.
