When am i too young for a total knee replacement?

Never too young: When all conservative options have been exhausted, and symptoms have become disabling, then it is time for knee replacement, regardless of age. Current knee replacement techniques result in 20-30 years of pain free function 95% of the time. If you are young, then you might anticipate that revision knee replacement might be necessary in your future.

No particular age: There is no cut off age for being too old or young for a replacement; however, knee replacements typically last 10-20 years and revision replacements tend to be technically difficult with a lower success rate. So, a 40 year old that undergoes a knee replacement that lives a typical life span may expect to have 1-2 additional replacements during his/her lifetime.