Total knee replacement glossary

Ambulating: walking

Assistive device: walker, crutches, cane or other device to help you walk

CPM: continuous passive motion machine — mechanical device to exercise your new knee

Dressings: bandages

Hemovac: wound drain

Graduated compression stockings: white elastic socks to prevent blood clots

Immobilizer: knee brace that keeps your leg straight

Incentive spirometer: breathing machine used to exercise your lungs

Incision: surgical wound

OT: occupational therapy

PT: physical therapy

PCA pump: patient controlled analgesia pump — pain medicine machine

SCD: sequential compression device — inflatable plastic leg or foot wraps used to prevent blood clots

Weight bear: how much weight you can put on your involved leg