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A member asked:

I have knock knees at age 17 (no arthritis). will fixing the deformity without arthritis heal better than someone who has arthritis?

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Generally yes.: Surgery does not always have problems in people with arthritis, but there would be less problems without arthritis statistically speaking.

Answered 5/24/2014

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