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My mother is 76 yrs old.she is suffering from arthritis, advised to have total knee replacement. how come?
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Effective treatment: It is aneffective pain relieving reatment for endstage arthritis for which nothing else has worked and it out performs a knee fusion the previous surgical treatment.
Answered 2/8/2017
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Need evaluation: As a rheumatologist we advise people on surgery but need to know many things. What is the involvement of the knee? What does imaging show ? X-ray, mri? Ultrasound? Is she exercising? What are her true limitations? What are her associated medical conditions? Is she able to stick to a strict physical therapy rehabilitation program? Has she been doing that now? Pt - important for success.
Answered 9/28/2016
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