Background: Obesity is a risk factor for knee arthritis. Total knee arthroplasty is the definitive surgical treatment of this disease. Therefore, a high percentage of subjects treated are overweight.

Total knee replacement is an operation frequently ... prosthetic components using antibiotic-loaded cement. The type of prosthesis to be implanted will depend on the preoperative status ...

A 40-year study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) researchers has found that active young adults who underwent total knee replacement were unlikely to require knee replacement revision in their ...

For a total knee replacement, the prosthesis has metal implants that go into the femur and tibia and are either cemented into the bone or the bone grows into the implant to secure it. A lining ...