Compare Between the Complication of Simultaneous and Staged Bilateral Knee Replacement at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC) - Riyadh

Total Knee replacement is a procedure commonly performed for degenerative joint disorder, e.g. osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It is considered to be the most common and successful joint replacement [1]. It is expected that there will be an increase demand for a bilateral total knee replacement in the future due to increase of aging population and the indication to the surgery1. Generally, the procedure has a good functional outcome to all patients. However, a patient who is either present with pain in one knee or complaining of pain in both knees, which could result in sever disability. When both knees are affected, the patient and the surgeon must decide to either operate on both knee in one procedure with one admission and one anesthesia (Simultaneous bilateral total knee replacement), or they perform the surgery in two different operations, 2 separate anesthesia and 2 periods of rehabilitation (staged bilateral total knee replacement).