knee surgery

Knee replacement surgery is more common on older individuals whose knee joints have been damaged by osteoarthritis or the natural aging process. However, seniors are far from the only group who are undergoing partial and total knee replacement operations. More younger patients are inquiring about

We’re happy to help any patient that walks through our doors that is an ideal candidate for partial or total knee replacement surgery, but in a perfect world, people’s knees would stay healthy long into their golden years. As with any medical condition, prevention is preferred to treatment, so in

No surgery goes perfectly every single time, but knee replacement has one of the highest success rates in the industry. More than 95 percent of knee replacements last more than 15 years, and the vast majority of patients never need a second surgery. With all that said, there’s still a sizeable

Partial knee replacement can be just what a patient needs to put their knee pain in the past and get back to the activities they love, but the operation itself is only part of the total recovery equation. How you care for your knee while you’re recovering at home is just as important to your

Obesity is one of the main risk factors for needing knee replacement surgery down the road, and that makes sense because more stress is channeled through your knees with every step you take if you’re overweight. This added stress serves to break the joint down faster, but obesity isn’t just a risk

There are a number of reasons why someone may want to delay undergoing surgery, some of which are more valid than others. The problem is that putting off a necessary surgery could be causing a variety of related issues, some of which aren’t all that evident until it’s too late. We understand that