Arthrodesis Cost in Egypt

The most common point where arthrodesis are located are the wrist, knee, hip or spine and the actual fusion is done by various methods such as use of surgical pins or straps.

Arthrodesis is used to treat severe arthritis pain, in this procedure the two bones are weld together which makes up the aching joint, this procedure causes bone to become solid which can reduce your pain.

Arthrodesis is being used to treat joint fractures, arthritis and some other conditions which affects the mobility of joint it can be a viable solution if pain is not managed by any other treatment.

Arthrodesis patients are those patient who are having so much pain that their symptoms disrupts their lives and the pain killers are not going to affect it.

Patient can get relief from the fused joint and they can bear weight without pain and are able to do good amount of work.

Arthrodesis surgery is done by an orthopedic surgeon.

There are several ways of performing Arthrodesis and the method selected to do the procedure depends on various factors such as overall health of patient and the surgeon opinion. In one procedure bone grafting is done where bone tissue is taken from another part of patient body this is called as autograft. In other procedure the synthetically manufactured donor bone tissues are being used.

You’ll have the most pain during the first two weeks following surgery.

Arthrodesis risk includes breakage of metal implants, failure of the fusion site, infection and in some case there can be pain at the site of bone fusion which is also a rare  complication.

You should contact your doctor when you notice some signs of infection such as warmth around the incisions, redness around the incisions, slow healing and oozing of pus from incision size.