NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research confirms that active people who undergo a procedure called high tibial osteotomy (HTO) to repair an arthritic knee will be just as active after the surgery.

Patients whose legs are naturally curved are responding well to a novel form of knee-replacement surgery that uses AI to find the best alignment of the new components for their body. The research ...

Thousands of NHS knee replacement operations are cancelled at short notice every year, many for avoidable reasons, according to a new study published today [1 December]. This costs the NHS millions of ...

Arthritis in general is defined as damage to cartilage, the connective tissue that cushions joints, explains Jeffrey Zarin, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute. “Think of ...

Often referred to as the “wear and tear” arthritis, osteoarthritis occurs when the body no longer repairs joint tissue damaged from aging, injury, obesity or genetics. Most common in the knee, there ...

ACL tears are one of the most common and debilitating knee injuries that can hobble both professional and amateur athletes. It’s long been thought that a torn ACL, or anterior cruciate ligament, has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Published results showed the type and cost of nonoperative treatment had substantial variation among patients ...

It is not always possible to prevent knee pain. But knowing about its risk factors, medications and home treatment can help ...