A partial knee replacement is a surgery to replace one portion of your knee with artificial parts. Your knee contains three parts called compartments. There are three types of partial knee replacement ...

Sometimes, arthritis affects only one knee compartment. In these cases, your doctor may recommend a partial knee replacement, in which they will replace only the affected compartment. X-ray scan ...

Paula Daoust, 68, is an avid runner and has been able to get back to doing what she loves after having a partial knee replacement surgery. At age 68, Paula Daoust is an avid runner. She’s run 150 half ...

Knee replacements have become one of the most common joint replacement surgeries over the last several decades. Normal wear and tear of the knee can result in nagging pain from the worn-out joints, ...

Purpose For patients with end-stage knee osteoarthritis, joint replacement is a widely used and successful operation to help improve quality-of-life when non-operative measures have failed. For a ...

Knee pain can stem from many different causes, but it’s often linked to arthritis—an inflammation of the joint. This inflammation can affect any of the knee’s three main components: the inner (medial) ...

A person may opt for a joint replacement if arthritis or a traumatic injury damages a joint beyond repair. Orthopedic surgeons can replace many joints, including knees and hips. A joint replacement ...

For selected patients with knee osteoarthritis, unicompartmental (or "partial") knee arthroplasty (UKA) shortens the recovery time for two key measures of physical function, as compared with total ...

Paula Daoust, 68, has competed in 150 half marathons. But five years ago, knee pain nearly barred her from the sport. Thanks to robotic surgery, she’s now back to running the 13.1-mile distance she ...

When former Olympian Joan Benoit Samuelson ran the 2022 London Marathon, she knew she was taking a risk. It would be her first 26.2-mile race since undergoing a partial right knee replacement in 2020, ...