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I'm just wondering, if you have a knee injury while skiing would that result in total knee replacement surgery?
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Not likely: Usually skiing injuries to the knee involve cartilage or ligament injuries that can be treated with arthroscopic surgery if surgery is needed.
Answered 4/5/2013
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Not yet...: More commonly, injury to ligaments and cartilage occur. If these are not addressed and the knee remains unstable, arthritis can result many years later.
Answered 3/29/2014
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Not usually: Knee replacements are for people that wear down the cartilage surfaces in their knee joints. This is from chronic wear over time or from a traumatic cartilage surface injury like a tibial plateau fracture.
Answered 12/13/2013
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