The Hip and Knee Center at Bangkok International Hospital offers comprehensive care for hip and knee conditions (Total Joint Care), focusing not only on joint replacement surgery. Surgery is the last treatment option offered to patients.
Patients with hip and knee conditions experience different symptoms and severity levels. If patients visit a doctor at the early stages, treatment can include medication, physical therapy (Conservative Treatment), and alternative treatments such as surgery for joint preservation. However, if the destruction of the hip or knee joint is so severe that these treatments are not viable, it is possible to correct the damaged joint with knee or hip replacement surgery.
1. Joint Preservation and Joint Reconstruction Conservative surgery is performed to correct problems in the hip or knee before the joint is irreversibly damaged, including:
– Corrective surgery for joint deformities, bowlegs, or knock-knees with bone realignment surgery (High Tibial Osteotomy, Distal Femoral Osteotomy)
– Muscle realignment surgery above the knee (Proximal Realignment)
– Surgery to move and elevate the bone that is attached to the tendon (Fulkerson’s Osteotomy, Maquet, Emslie)
– Surgery to correct the hip socket angle (Periacetabular Osteotomy)
– Surgery to correct the angle of the thigh bone (Femoral Osteotomy)
– Intra-articular reconstruction surgery, both with and without a camera (Intraarticular reconstruction, Open or Arthroscope)
2. Joint Replacement Hip and knee replacement surgery is a treatment for serious joint problems affecting daily life. The treatment includes changing a single joint side, both sides, or both the socket and the thigh bone. Patients are advised on the various types of surgery and suitable prostheses for each individual before deciding on the most appropriate surgery. The policy aims for patients and their families to understand as much as possible about their surgery.
3. Tertiary Care Treatment for complications arising after previous surgeries includes surgery for patients with prosthetic joints that are deteriorating or broken due to an accident, involving prosthetic repair or replacement (Revision Joint Replacement) to restore patients’ quality of life.
4. Supertertiary Care National-level consultation and care
– Referral Center serves as a hub for patient referrals from various hospitals both within the Bangkok Hospital network and internationally.
– Consultant for Network Hospital provides consultation on hip and knee conditions to patients treated at hospitals within the Bangkok Hospital network.
– Training Center for Hip and Knee Fellowship Program is a training facility for surgeons specializing in hip and knee surgery, offering 1 – 2 year programs, open to surgeons who have completed orthopedic surgical residencies.
