Over time, knee cartilage can deteriorate due to years of wear and tear. Since the knees take an enormous amount of pressure and stress as we move about, cartilage loss can lead to disabling knee pain ...
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 ...
El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based Consensus Orthopedics created the TracPatch to help providers monitor a patient's post-total knee replacement recovery. Here's what you should know: 1. The TracPatch is a ...
“Even with my health concerns, my knee surgery went extremely well, and recovery was better than expected,” said Gail S. who had a total knee replacement last year. “It is with great pleasure that I ...
A partial knee replacement is a surgery to replace one portion of your knee with artificial parts. Your knee contains three parts called compartments. There are three types of partial knee replacement ...
Dr. Michael Fleischman is the first Michigan Orthopedic Surgeon to offer the state-of-the-art Lateral Approach for ...
For selected patients with knee osteoarthritis, unicompartmental (or "partial") knee arthroplasty (UKA) shortens the recovery time for two key measures of physical function, as compared with total ...
NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD CHANGE THAT. MINDY: MIKE SKIPS UP THE STEP OF HIS WALKWAY, BOUNDS DOWN THE STAIRS, MOVES WITH TOTAL EASE. HARD TO BELIEVE HE HAD BOTH KNEES REPLACED JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO. >> THE ...