Knee Replacement

Joint replacement surgery continues to get safer as medical knowledge and technology improves, but we’ll never get to a place where there are zero risks associated with an operation. One risk that we work to minimize following a knee replacement procedure is the onset of blood clots. Blood clots

Orthopedic surgeons perform hundreds of thousands of knee replacement operations each year in the US, and they are always looking for ways to improve on the standard technique and make the procedure less taxing on the patient. Recently, a new knee replacement technique has started to become the

As we’ve said on this blog several times in the past, preventing health problems is much preferred to treating them once they’ve developed. The same obviously holds true for knee replacement. If we can take steps to prevent degeneration and the need for a joint replacement procedure, this is

Knee replacement surgery is designed to help you get back to doing countless activities that you could no longer perform as a result of your nagging knee discomfort, but the surgery won’t allow you to get back to any and all activities. You will have some restrictions and limitations during your

Our bodies do a great job of healing themselves after the trauma of surgery, but this process is a little easier if we help it along by ensuring that our body has access to a range of key nutrients. Eating a healthy diet can make it easier for our bodies to have access to nutrients that aid in

If you’re dealing with pain in both of your knees that isn’t responding to conservative techniques, there’s a possibility that you would benefit from having both knees replaced with an artificial joint. Some patients opt to have their knees replaced at the same time, which is known as a bilateral

Joint replacement surgery is becoming a more common procedure, as doctors are performing more knee and hip replacements than ever before. Some experts wondered if this significant rise in knee replacement procedures was partly being caused by doctors performing the operation on healthier patients.

For the right patient, a partial knee replacement procedure can be the perfect way to have only the damaged portion of their knee replaced instead of needing to undergo a more invasive replacement of the entire joint. When patients are asking about partial knee replacement, one of the most common