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More Knee Replacement Problems Surface: Those with the Most Severe Arthritis Have Poorer Outcomes
The list of knee replacement problems continues to grow It’s been assumed that knee arthritis patients who undergo knee replacement can expect excellent results. However, the list of knee replacement problems continues to grow and recent research has questioned whether we really know that to be the case. In addition, we also know that a rather large…read more
If You Have Severe Knee Pain, It’s Likely Because of Nerves and Not Arthritis
I’ve blogged before about our modern infatuation with imaging and about while MRI findings can be helpful, they can also mislead. In fact, I’ve blogged so much on this issue, you may want to take a look at the search of all blog posts on the topic of how MRI and pain often diverge. This is because…read more
Largest Knee Arthritis X-ray Study Shows Bone Spurs Predict need for Knee Replacement-Maybe…
In our practice we call knee replacement the surgical amputation of the knee joint with insertion of a prosthesis. Why? It’s a very big surgery with a 1 in 10 chance of serious, life changing complications; and a very good reason for a good knee replacement alternative. In 2008 alone, there were 17,500 huge complications (including 5,000…read more
High Tibial Osteotomy of the Knee Helps Cartilage in MRI Study
A doctor discusses research showing that high tibial osteotomy may help cartilage breakdown in the knee.
Surgery for torn knee ligaments and meniscus may improve short-term outcomes, but it did not prevent development of osteoarthritis
A doctor discusses a Dutch study showing that orthopedic knee surgery to repair ligaments and meniscus failed to prevent the development of knee arthritis.
