Knee Replacement Surgery

Cost May Be One Reason to Look for A Knee Replacement Alternative

How much does a knee replacement cost? I don’t usually quote financial sites on this blog, but one just did such a great job of putting the outrageous costs of knee or hip replacement in perspective, I couldn’t resist. At more than 50K, cost many be one reason to look for a knee replacement alternative. The…read more

Biking after Knee Replacement? New Study Shows Half of Patients Use Pain Medications 1 Year after Surgery

You’ve seen the commercials, happy smiling faces and active people biking after knee replacement. Do People Take Pain Medication After Knee Replacement Surgery? Most of the patients I know believe that their knee replacement will be magical. A big surgery yes, but all of their problems will vanish once they recover from that surgery. Regrettably,…read more

Knee Replacement Pain? A Woman with a Hole in Her Replacement Parts

Knee replacement pain could be caused by a part of your prosthesis that has broken off! This past month I evaluated a woman who had her knee replaced about 4 years ago. Things went well until she had a fall a few months ago and then her knee became swollen and very painful. She went…read more

Can Stem Cells be a Long-term Alternative to Knee Replacement?

Can stem cells be a long-term alternative to knee replacement? I saw a patient in the clinic last week who I had treated two and a half years ago with a series of stem cell injections instead of a knee replacement. He’s a local physician and like many health care providers had seen one too…read more

Weight Gain Knee Pain: Young Women Double their Risk of a Knee Replacement for Every 20 Pounds they Gain

Concerned about weight gain knee pain? It’s not often you see a study with almost a quarter million people, but one was just published showing an association between knee replacement risk and weight gain in young women and men. The issue of weight and knee arthritis has gone back and forth for a while. Most…read more

New Knee Replacement Alternative Video!

Knee Replacement or Knee Replacement Alternative? Can a simple video explain why you might want to consider a knee replacement alternative? One of my favorite books as a medical student was a series written by a physician artist who explained the musculoskeletal system in very simple ways. As you can tell from our videos on…read more

Is Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Safer? Is a Big Surgery any Safer than a Really Big Surgery?

Is Minimally Invasive Knee Replacement Safer? Are there fewer minimally invasive knee replacement complications? There are buses where I live that have signs advertising a new “minimally invasive” knee replacement surgery. Patients likely sign up for this type of knee replacement because they think it’s less invasive and has fewer complications than the full knee replacement.…read more

Chronic Knee Replacement Pain: 1/3 of the Time Knee Replacement Surgery Removes a Knee Joint that Isn’t Painful?

Chronic knee replacement pain? We’ve seen patients for years who report knee arthritis, but who likely don’t have pain coming from their knee joint. Huh? You think if you have knee arthritis on an x-ray you have to have knee pain? Not so much. In fact, the whole concept that even MRIs of the knee can…read more