Replacement Surgery

Osteoarthritis in Both Knees

by Bill Parravano on June 3, 2009

50 y/o Joy asks a question this week about osteoarthritis in both knees and doesn’t want to do replacement surgery, Bill says….

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Doc, Make Me New Again – New York Times Article

by Bill Parravano on February 23, 2009

DR. STEPHEN J. O’BRIEN, an orthopedic surgeon, had his patient, Jay MacDonald, 52, lie on the examining table and bend his right knee back toward his chest to test for flexibility. The doctor had replaced Mr. MacDonald’s knee five weeks earlier and wanted to see how far beyond 90 degrees the knee would bend.

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