Orthopedic

It’s no secret that good knees are an essential part of a healthy and active lifestyle.However, when injury or arthritis occurs, particularly osteoarthritis, your ability to bend and flex your knees can become restricted due to damage, inflammation and pain. Over time, the damage progresses and life becomes more difficult…and painful.Deterioration of your joint and surrounding tissue can make it difficult to perform basic daily activities, even while you sit or lie down. As cartilage wears and bone rubs against bone, pain and reduced mobility follow.Knee replacement surgery is a common solution that provides dramatic pain relief for more than 90 percent of patients. The vast majority of knee replacement procedures are used to treat osteoarthritis. The procedure—introduced in 1968—relies on a mechanical implant to replace severely arthritic or damaged knee joints. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, more than 600,000 knee replacements took place in the U.S. last year, and that number is expected to grow into the millions within the next twenty years. Total knee replacement (TKR), also called total knee arthroplasty (TKA), is considered one of the safest and most effective procedures in orthopedics.