Treatment for moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis includes non-surgical treatments and knee replacement surgery. The usual non-surgical treatment options are education, exercises, physiotherapy, ...

For those with type 2 diabetes who have knee osteoarthritis, getting a knee replacement can be difficult because they are ...

Whether partial versus total arthroplasty is the best for patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee has long been debated. The so-called TOPKAT trial randomized patients to the ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I know there's a knee replacement in my not too distant future. I'm wondering if there are new techniques or technologies that will give me a good outcome? ANSWER: Not so long ago, ...

Among individuals with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis, those who underwent partial knee replacement demonstrated clinical outcomes and rates of reoperation and revision comparable to those who ...

Knee replacement means you’ve opted to replace your joint with an artificial one. It’s only an option when all other treatments—physical therapy, pain meds, injections, etc.—can no longer relieve your ...

After nearly a decade of worsening arthritis and knee pain, 69-year-old Bob Putnam is back to an active lifestyle following a ...

A total knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, can feel like a second chance at life after years of dealing with a sore, arthritic knee. While most people achieve improved range of motion ...

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 ...

Regional anesthesia study shows similar opioid use and pain relief after total knee replacement with different block ...

Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare (GVMH) is earning national recognition for excellence in orthopedic innovation as James Womack, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, has been published in the Journal of ...