The body makes scar tissue that you do not want
After surgery your body’s natural process is to flood the knee area with fluid that rebuilds crucial tissue. In this fluid fibroblasts lay down non-elastic collagen in place of the elastic tissue (elastin) that was once in your knee joint.
Watch this brief summary of the major issues surrounding fibrosis and recovery from Total Knee Arthroplasty (knee replacement) by clicking the play button on this page. For the full video series from Dr. Moon click here.
Fibrosis (scar tissue) forms if this collagen creation process is left unchecked. And with fibrosis comes a lack of knee range of motion, the inability to move properly and a lot of pain in movement: the opposite of what you are looking for with a knee replacement!
Fibrosis is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process. This can be a reactive, benign, or pathological state. In response to injury this is called scarring and if fibrosis arises from a single cell line this is called a fibroma. Physiologically this acts to deposit connective tissue, which can obliterate the architecture and function of the underlying organ or tissue. Fibrosis can be used to describe the pathological state of excess deposition of fibrous tissue, as well as the process of connective tissue deposition in healing.
The Danger of Scar Tissue and Fibrosis
Movement of the knee early after surgery prevents fibrosis, providing you the opportunity to gain full range of motion quickly and forever… post your knee replacement.
Dr. Michael Moon of Crittenton Hospital dives into this all important subject in this video series. The danger of scar tissue and fibrosis is possibly the most important aspect of recovery from knee surgery that a patient can learn about. Thanks Dr. Moon for your contribution to our effort to educate prospective knee replacement patients.
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