A person may opt for a joint replacement if arthritis or a traumatic injury damages a joint beyond repair. Orthopedic surgeons can replace many joints, including knees and hips. A joint replacement ...

Is surgery inevitable? Discover why "rest is best" is wrong. Dr. Jason Snibbe debunks top orthopedic surgery myths.

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 ...

NEW HARTFORD — Slocum-Dickson Medical Group has announced that orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Sullivan will offer Jiffy Knee replacement surgery. He is the first and only surgeon in New York ...

According to research presented recently at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, obese patients looking to get a joint replacement are more likely to have success with ...

One of the hottest topics in 2014 was the rapid gain of momentum for outpatient joint replacement. In prior years, the conversation was full of skepticism with many reasons of “why not” to do OJR.

The new method has been successfully used on more than 200 patients since 2023. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

Arthroplasty is joint replacement surgery. People may undergo arthroplasty to treat arthritis or other joint problems if nonsurgical treatments have not worked. During an arthroplasty, surgeons remove ...

Read about one woman's experience with knee replacement in each country.

When one is literally “weak in the knees,” a knee replacement is in many Americans’ future. According to the American College of Rheumatology, about 790,000 knee replacements are done every year. With ...

Years of high school, college and semiprofessional football meant Layne Herber’s knees didn’t stand much of a chance. By the time Herber, 73, retired in 2015, he was relying on periodic cortisone ...