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2. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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   Knee replacement referrals are often blocked if a person is overweight because it is believed they may benefit less from surgery. However, knee replacements have been found to reduce pain and improve function, regardless of people's weight.

3. Knee pain - Wikipedia

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   Knee pain is pain caused by wear and tear, such as osteoarthritis or a meniscal tear. Effective treatments for knee pain include physical therapy exercises, [28] pain-reducing drugs such as ibuprofen, joint stretching, [29] [30] knee replacement surgery, and weight loss in people who are overweight. [27]

4. Knee cartilage replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   Stem cells enable surgeons to grow replacement cartilage, which gives the new tissue greater growth potential. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] While there are few long-term studies as of 2018, a history of knee problems [ 13 ] and body weight are factors for how well the procedure will work.

5. Overweight schoolgirls more likely to see GP with knee or ...

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   The research analysed data from the national child measurement programme.

6. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty - Wikipedia

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   Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is a surgical procedure used to relieve arthritis in one of the knee compartments in which the damaged parts of the knee are replaced. UKA surgery may reduce post-operative pain and have a shorter recovery period than a total knee replacement procedure, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] particularly in people over 75 years of ...

7. Your Gout Guide: From Symptoms to Treatment - AOL

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   For example, gout in ankles or gout in knee joints may also occur. Gout in hands is less common but can happen. In this situation, it usually affects small joints in the fingers.

8. Osteoarthritis - Wikipedia

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   Knee pain relief of 50% or more following genicular RFA may last from several months to two years, [129] [132] and can be repeated by the same outpatient procedure when pain recurs. [129] Injection of phenol may be used as a neurolytic treatment of sensory knee nerves to relieve chronic pain from knee osteoarthritis. [134] [135]

9. CPAP replacement works well for the overweight, not obese ...

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   CPAP replacement works well for the overweight, not obese, study finds. ... As currently defined, a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 is a healthy weight, between 25 and 29.5 is overweight, between 30 and ...