Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans have total knee replacement surgery. While the majority have a good surgical result, surveys show that up to 20% of patients are dissatisfied and not fully informed ...

Sometimes, arthritis affects only one knee compartment. In these cases, your doctor may recommend a partial knee replacement, in which they will replace only the affected compartment. X-ray scan ...

While age is a factor, overall health, motivation, resilience and a willingness to do the hard, sustained work for recovery ...

Before, during, and after knee replacement surgery, surgeons may prescribe different medications. For example, pain medication can relieve discomfort, and blood thinners prevent blood clots. Skin and ...

When performing knee replacement surgery, also called total knee arthroplasty, doctors traditionally try to align the hip, knee, and ankle in a straight line, forming a neutral alignment, rather than ...

Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney, FACS, recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee implant during a total knee replacement surgery at Lompoc Valley Medical ...

This article describes the approach that a large primary care group at risk for value-based payments chose to deploy in managing clinical and financial outcomes of knee osteoarthritis jointly with ...

Lakeshore Bone & Joint Institute, a leading orthopedic practice in Indiana, is proud to announce today that orthopedic surgeon and partner Anthony C. Levenda, M.D., is the first surgeon in Indiana to ...

Partial knee replacement surgery replaces one part of a damaged knee with an artificial joint. Compared with total knee replacement, partial knee replacement is less painful and has a shorter recovery ...

Every year, around 700–800,000 Americans undergo total knee replacement surgery - and that number continues to climb. But what if many of those surgeries weren’t actually necessary? It’s true that ...

Years of high school, college and semiprofessional football meant Layne Herber’s knees didn’t stand much of a chance. By the time Herber, 73, retired in 2015, he was relying on periodic cortisone ...