The Part of Knee Replacement Nobody Prepares You For
Knee replacement is one of the more successful operations in modern medicine, and the numbers support that reputation.
Around 500,000 total knee replacements are performed in the United States every year, and roughly 90% of patients report reduced pain and improved quality of life afterward.
If your main problem is pain, this operation generally delivers.
But there’s a second set of numbers that almost nobody is shown before surgery, and it explains a frustration we hear regularly from people a year out.
Here it is, along with what to do about it.