All about Knee Replacement Surgery

All about Knee Replacement Surgery Ageing naturally causes wear and tear on joints and brings pains and aches. Knee and hip joint pains are the most common among them. Knee replacement is opted when the knee is severely damaged by arthritis , especially osteoarthritis or by some external injury and the pain is unbearable. Other common reason these days is Obesity. As the body weight comes on knees, people with obesity are frequently witnessing pain in knees at an early age of their lives.  The very first Knee replacement surgery was conducted in 1960’s to get relief from knee pain. Earlier the success rate of Knee surgery cases were not 100% and people were quite scared to go for this. Only the old aged people opted for operation and that too when they were bound to wheelchairs. But now with the advancement of technology, the methods of performing the surgery have changed drastically and the success rate is even 100%. People these days no more wait for knee to stop