New research from a randomized clinical trial provides the strongest long-term evidence yet comparing partial (PKR) and total (TKR) knee replacements for patients with osteoarthritis. Published in The ...

Purpose For patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis, joint replacement is a widely used and successful operation to help improve quality-of-life when non-operative measures have failed. For a ...

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DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m 72 years old and need a knee replacement. Is this safe at my age? Will I be able to do the same activities after I’ve recovered from surgery? ANSWER: If you’re otherwise in good ...

Thousands of NHS knee replacement operations are canceled at short notice every year, many for avoidable reasons, according ...

Mimicking the motion of the a natural knee, the new knee replacement can bend and rotate as would normally occur. "What surgeries improve the quality of life?" said Dr. Clifford DePrang of Tomball ...

Background: Patients undergoing hip or knee replacement are at high risk of developing a postoperative venous thromboembolism even after discharge from hospital. We sought to identify hospital and ...

Washington DC - The first patient implanted with an "electronic knee" is providing data that will be invaluable for improving orthopedic care in the future, but it has already led the surgeon involved ...

Thousands of NHS knee replacement operations are cancelled at short notice every year, many for avoidable reasons, according ...