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- Mayo Clinic Q and A: When is it time for a knee replacement?
During a knee replacement, the surgeon cuts away the damaged bone and cartilage from your thigh bone (femur), shin bone (tibia), and in some cases the kneecap (patella) These areas are then replaced with an artificial joint typically consisting of metal and high-grade medical plastic
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Advances in knee replacement surgery
Knee replacement surgery often is done to relieve severe pain from wear-and-tear arthritis Learn about advances in surgery at Mayo Clinic
- Mayo Clinic Q A: Questions to ask before joint replacement surgery
Is a joint replacement in your future? Learn from a Mayo Clinic expert about hip and knee replacement surgery
- Mayo Clinic Q A: Its a new era for knee replacements and other joint . . .
Knee replacements As with hip replacements, any patient who is a candidate for a conventional total knee replacement is a candidate for robotic-assisted total knee replacement You'll also take part in a comprehensive education experience and physical therapy assessment to review the technique your surgeon will use during surgery
- Smart knee technology allows care team to remotely monitor patients . . .
A 63-year-old Minnesota man is the first in the world to receive single-surgery bilateral smart knee replacements
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Knee reconstruction in younger patients
The decision to proceed with knee replacement is usually based on multiple factors, including the condition of the knee cartilage or severity of arthritis, ligament injury, a patient's physiologic age, and the patient's activity level Some surgeons use new technologies in knee replacement that seem to improve outcomes
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Pain after knee replacement surgery
During knee replacement, a surgeon cuts away the damaged bone and cartilage from your thighbone, shinbone and kneecap, and replaces it with an artificial joint For most people, knee replacement significantly improves mobility and relieves knee pain But in some patients, the pain persists after surgery
- Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic expert shares tips for good outcomes after . . .
Those practices include physical therapy before hip and knee arthroplasty, postoperative physical therapy for total knee arthroplasties, and hip precautions after total hip arthroplasties The number of patients worldwide who are overweight or obese is increasing Some patients have weight-loss surgery before their joint replacement surgery
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