Should You Get a Partial Knee Replacement?
Partial knee replacement isn’t for everyone — and there are trade-offs. But for people who meet the criteria, there are advantages.
Dr. Smith is a fellowship-trained, Board Certified orthopaedic surgeon with extensive training in hip & knee surgery from the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota & the New Albany Surgical Hospital in New Albany, Ohio. He completed his Orthopedic Surgery Residency at Michigan State University & medical school..
Partial knee replacement isn’t for everyone — and there are trade-offs. But for people who meet the criteria, there are advantages.
Even though arthritis is the leading cause of disability in this country — affecting more than half of all 60-year-olds — today’s artificial joints are meeting and exceeding people’s expectations for a full return to regular activities.