Topic Overview

Knee Replacement

Knee replacement surgery (or knee arthroplasty) provides artificial knees in place of your damaged knees to restore function and relieve pain.

RehabilitationMusculoskeletal

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Definition

Knee replacement surgery (or knee arthroplasty) provides artificial knees in place of your damaged knees to restore function and relieve pain.

Concept record

Canonical title: Knee Replacement
Alphabetical key: K
Category: Rehabilitation
Content type: Topic Overview
Other names, clinical names and abbreviations: Knee arthroplasty
Article status: Medical Encyclopedia Index Entry — full article under review.

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