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2. Knee replacement - Wikipedia

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   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, most commonly offered when joint pain is not diminished by conservative sources. [1][2] It may also be performed for other knee diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.

3. Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty - Wikipedia

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   81.54. [edit on Wikidata] 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 ...

4. Autologous chondrocyte implantation - Wikipedia

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   Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI, ATC code M09AX02 (WHO)) is a biomedical treatment that repairs damages in articular cartilage. ACI provides pain relief while at the same time slowing down the progression or considerably delaying partial or total joint replacement (knee replacement) surgery. ACI procedures aim to provide complete ...

5. Why The Knee Pain Relief Industry Is Becoming Increasingly ...

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   The knee-replacement industry generates nearly 800,000 surgeries a year. By 2030, the number of total knee replacements in the U.S. is projected to be 600 percent higher than in 2005.

6. Hip, knee replacements back on track, boosting device makers

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   Older adults are catching up on missed hip and knee replacements and other non-urgent surgeries, a shift that will benefit medical device makers this year, Wall Street analysts said after insurer ...

7. Knee cartilage replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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   The human body's own cartilage is still the best material for lining knee joints. This drives efforts to develop ways of using a person's own cells to grow, or re-grow cartilage tissue to replace missing or damaged cartilage. One cell-based replacement technique is called autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) or autologous chondrocyte ...