During a knee replacement, we replace your damaged knee joint with an artificial joint made of metal and plastic. There are two different kinds of knee replacements: total knee replacement and partial ...

A total knee replacement involves removing diseased bone and shaping the remaining bone to fit the knee implant, which is constructed one component at a time to mimic a natural knee joint. The ...

During your initial knee or hip replacement surgery, the prosthetic (artificial) components were either cemented (attached with bone cement) or hammered into the bone so they could eventually attach ...

During a knee replacement or knee arthroplasty surgery, doctors replace the knee joint with an artificial knee. In many cases, an artificial knee joint will last the rest of a person’s life. During a ...

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 ...

INJURIES to the knee joint may be discussed under the following three headings: diagnosis, treatment of surrounding structures and treatment of the joint itself. The third consideration, which is the ...