Knee arthritis is more common than hip arthritis

The replacement is essentially replacing the worn our cartilage of the knee joint. the damaged cartilage and bone is simply resurfaced-using plastic on the end of the shin bone and metallic plate on the bottom of the thigh bone.The ligaments and joint capsule are retained.

The artificial knee joint relieves pain, corrects the obvious deformity, and stops the joint from giving way. The scare left by a knee replacement operation usually runs vertically down the front of the knee and is about six inches in length.

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