Both partial and total knee replacement for medial compartment knee osteoarthritis show comparable effectiveness over the ...
Two expert MDs say it's a telltale sign that you might be ready for surgery once you start experiencing this type of ...
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 ...
Waking up with a brand-new joint is only half the battle. If you aren't careful, common post-op errors can turn your surgical ...
Not so long ago, undergoing a total hip or knee replacement and recovery was a grueling and often painful ordeal. While these are still major surgeries, new techniques and technologies are redefining ...
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 ...
Chyrese Newman, RN, has more than a decade of nursing experience under her belt. For the past eight years, she has worked with a group of orthopedic surgeons at University of Utah Health. Her job is ...
Q: I'm a 53-year-old woman, and I've been athletic all my life. I'm in a soccer league and have a grinding pain in my right knee. I've had knee injuries in the past, and now I'm told I might need a ...
A 40-year study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) researchers has found that active young adults who underwent total knee replacement were unlikely to require knee replacement revision in their ...
According to a MyMichigan Health press release on Friday, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has recognized MyMichigan ...
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 ...
Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin underwent a successful total knee ...