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2. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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   Preoperative education is currently an important part of patient care. There is some evidence that it may slightly reduce anxiety before knee-replacement surgery, with low risk of detrimental effects. [16] Knee replacement referrals are often blocked if a person is overweight because it is believed they may benefit less from surgery. However ...

3. 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 age ...

4. Whether you need surgery after a knee injury is ... - AOL

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   Most of the time, if the MCL or LCL are torn as an isolated injury, they can heal without surgery, providing there is a period of long leg bracing followed by a rehab program.

5. Bone grafting - Wikipedia

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   Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that replaces missing bone in order to repair bone fractures that are extremely complex, pose a significant health risk to the patient, or fail to heal properly. Some small or acute fractures can be cured without bone grafting, but the risk is greater for large fractures like compound fractures.

6. Knee cartilage replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   The AMIC technique was developed to improve some of the shortfalls of microfracture surgery such as variable repair cartilage volume and functional deterioration over time. The collagen membrane protects and stabilizes the MSCs released through microfracture and enhances their chondrogenic differentiation. The AMIC surgery is a single-step ...

7. Microfracture surgery - Wikipedia

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   The surgery is quick (typically lasting between 30 and 90 minutes), minimally invasive, and can have a significantly shorter recovery time than an arthroplasty (knee replacement). Chronic articular cartilage defects do not heal spontaneously. [1]