Over time, knee cartilage can deteriorate due to years of wear and tear. Since the knees take an enormous amount of pressure and stress as we move about, cartilage loss can lead to disabling knee ...

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 ...

Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, provides some things to know if you are considering knee surgery.

Compromised mental health may be associated with persistent post-operative pain after total knee replacement surgery, according to an Anesthesiology News report based on evidence from Rush University ...

Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) primarily affecting only one knee joint compartment did just as well with partial knee replacement (PKR) as with total arthroplasty after 10 years in a randomized ...

Patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who undergo total knee replacement are at higher risk for complications than non-SCD patients, according to a large-scale, retrospective study by researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have ongoing knee pain, you know it can affect your life. You might struggle to walk a few blocks or climb stairs. The pain ...

A former soccer player underwent a total knee replacement on his left knee after years of pain. The patient's commitment to ...

Partial knee replacement surgery replaces one part of a damaged knee with an artificial joint. Compared with total knee replacement, partial knee replacement is less painful and has a shorter recovery ...

The Omurzakovs found that patients who had taken testosterone in the 12 months before surgery faced higher postoperative risks for infection, blood clots, kidney damage, pneumonia and knee instability ...