Reasons For Knee Replacement Surgery

Reasons For Knee Replacement Surgery

Knee replacement surgery is a common procedure performed on more than 600,000 people worldwide each year, but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be taken seriously as the major surgery it is. At CORE Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, our first approach to knee treatment is to try conservative measures like lifestyle changes and over-the-counter pain medications. But when those methods are ineffective for patients, our doctors and surgeons recommend a total knee replacement for the successful improvement of pain and symptoms.

For patients who need it, a knee replacement serves to:

1. Relieve pain
2. Maximize quality of life
3. Optimize activities of daily living
4. Improve joint stability
5. Improve alignment and correct bone deformity

With recent advancements in surgical technique and implant design, we’ve been able to help patients achieve reduction of knee pain, increased joint function, and an overall better quality of life. Sometimes patients worry that their results will be short-lived if their implants don’t hold up.

However, improvements in implant materials have enabled implants to last up to a decade or more so that patients can expect many years of active, pain-free living.