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Looking for Knee Replacement Alternatives? You Should Be!
Knee replacement is a huge surgery as it involves amputating the knee joint and inserting a prosthesis. Hence, knee replacement alternatives have become popular. First, let’s dive into knee replacement and review the good, the bad, and the ugly. Then we’ll review some knee replacement alternatives.What is Knee Replacement? Knee replacement is also called total…read more
Can Stem Cells Help Knee Arthritis?
Can a same day treatment with stem cells help knee arthritis if all of the conditions are right? RM was 56 when we saw him in 2011 and now 3 years later, a new MRI shows some interesting changes. So I thought I’d use his image as a thought experiment this morning to discuss why…read more
Knee Replacement Alternatives and the Borg…
Can a knee replacement alternative make you like the Borg from Star Trek? In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” category this morning is a new surgical system that lives in the category of “Knee replacement alternatives”, but frankly…Damnnn…. (see above left). This is a surgically implantable system known as the “KineSpring” that does…read more
Knee Replacement Outcome Data Falls Short
You might think we know that the knee replacements that surgeons perform everyday work very well, after all we perform 600,000 of these procedures annually. These are invasive surgeries using FDA approved knee replacement devices that are paid for by every insurance company. While there is some data from various studies, a recent large study…read more
New Research Shows Trend toward Soaring Knee Replacement Revisions
New research out last week shows that because we’re replacing knees in more middle aged patients, the number of revision surgeries needed in the future will be epic. A staggering 1.5 million US adults are likely to need a revision knee replacement surgery before age 70, which is a dramatic jump in these surgeries. The…read more
Is previous knee arthroscopy realted to a worse outcome after total knee replacement?
A doctor discuses research suggesting that patients with a prior knee surgery have more complications with knee replacement surgery and an increased likelihood of needing a second knee replacement soon after the first surgery.
