Mini Incision Mini Incision Mini Incision knee Replacement knee Replacement knee Replacement knee Replacement Total knee Total knee Total knee Total knee The minimally invasive total knee replacement was developed by Dr. Swanson after being introduced to the concept in early 1997. Dr. Swanson began using the technique in May of 1997 and has continued to make improvements that now allow reliable surgery and reproducibly good results in most patients. Standardization of the technique has allowed teaching to other surgeons. Numerous physicians and orthopedic companies have shown interest in promoting “minimally invasive surgery” for total knee replacements.The minimally invasive technique utilizes a 3-4 inch incision, much smaller than the 8-10 inch approach historically used for knee replacement. Patients require less anesthesia and pain medication, and mobilize more quickly. This results in both quicker recovery for the patient and a lower incidence of complications.Patients typically recover from minimally invasive surgery in about half the time it takes to recover from standard incision surgery (6 weeks vs. 12 weeks). Dr. Swanson compared his last 50 standard incision total knees with his first 100 minimally invasive total knees. He found that the overall incidence of complications was reduced from 20% to 3.5% with the minimally invasive procedure. Most of these were medical (non-orthopaedic) complications such as problems with the heart, breathing, or gastro-intestinal tract. knee replacement surgery, hiop replacement surgery, knee replacement surgery, total knee replacement, total knee replacement, knee replacement, knee replacement, mini-incision knee replacement,mini-incision knee replacement, mini-incision knee replacement, ceramic knee replacement, ceramic knee replacement, ceramic knee replacement