Average surgical time is typically 1-2 hours. You could spend up to 2-3 hours in total in the operating room, which includes set up, anesthesia, positioning, surgery, and closure.

Most implants are made of oxinium or cobalt chromium, titanium, and polyethylene (plastic) insert.

We plan for most patients to go home the same day or 1 overnight. In order to be discharged, you must pass physical therapy, be medically stable, and have your pain controlled on oral pain medications.

Home. We do not need to send patients to rehab facilities given our current surgical techniques. There is an increased risk of infection when patients go to rehab rather than home after surgery.

The same day as your surgery or the morning after! Most patients will use a walker or go straight to a cane for ~3 weeks. At 6 weeks after surgery, you should be walking pretty normally.

We recommend 3 different types of physical therapy depending on your needs: on your own, virtual physical therapy, and in-person visits. The goal for range of motion is to have full extension and reach 90 degrees of flexion by 3-4 weeks after surgery.

6 weeks.

We recommend waiting until 6 weeks after surgery. Sooner, on a case-by-case basis.

You may remove your dressing 7 days after your surgery. You will also have a white surgical tape which should be removed after 2 weeks.

Swelling and bruising is normal for up to 6 weeks after surgery, but it will slowly improve over time.

Most patients return to a desk job between 2-4 weeks. For jobs that are more labor intensive, please discuss with Dr. Kahlenberg.

No dental work for 2 weeks BEFORE or 3 months AFTER the surgery. You MUST take antibiotics, 1 hour before any dental work. Please tell your dentist you have a joint replacement so that they can prescribe you antibiotics. If they do not prescribe you antibiotics, please call our office and we will prescribe them for you.

Yes, your knee replacement is safe to go in an MRI machine.

Excessive redness around the incision, dehiscence or opening of the incision, drainage for more than 3 days after surgery, or fever of greater than 101.5°F.