Knee Replacement
Knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing surfaces of the knee joint to relieve pain and disability.
Knee Replacement Surgical Options
So once you and your physician have decided that everything else is no longer working and surgery is required for osteoarthritis of the knee, there are a variety of options.
The most common option, by far, is a knee replacement. In very young patients, and typically patients in their 20s who have localized arthritis to one part of the joint, typically on the inside of the joint with a bowlegged deformity, occasionally you can break the leg bone – the tibia – and do what’s called an osteotomy and realign the leg.