Bertram Total Joint Centers

Total Knee Workbook

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For many years, I have struggled to find a way to fully inform my patients facing Total Knee Replacement (TKR) Surgery about the benefits and risks of this procedure. It is my duty to inform you of all possible risks, but I do not want to frighten you by doing so. Too often, physicians talk in technical or medical terms, and this gets in the way of the patients understanding what we are trying to convey.

For this reason, I have created a Total Knee Workbook, an informed consent document that allows you to participate interactively to learn about this procedure. When you complete this workbook, you will be well informed about TKR, the risks inherent in the procedure, alternative treatment options, and the surgery in layman’s terms. While I cannot begin to cover all possible occurrences or medical misadventures that may occur after this operation, the following pages address the most common situations I have seen.

H. Morton Bertram III, MD
Bertram Total Joint Centers
Naples, Florida

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