What are the risks associated with MIS surgery?
The MIS Knee Joint Replacement technique is significantly less invasive than conventional TKR, but it is still a total knee replacement, not a partial or unicompartmental knee replacement. While the MIS technique requires additional time to complete, it may result in advantages for the patient. Joint replacement surgery is a major surgery and significant complications, while rare, can occur. As with any major surgical procedure, patients who undergo total joint replacement are at risk for certain complications, the vast majority of which can be successfully avoided and/or treated. In fact, the complication rate following joint replacement surgery is very low: Serious complications, such as joint infection, occur in less than 2% of patients. (Besides infection, possible complications include blood clots and lung congestion, pneumonia, or death.
