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Total Knee Replacement (TKR)

Causes of chronic knee pain

The most common cause of chronic knee pain and disability is arthritis.

Although there are many types of arthritis, most knee pain is caused by just three types: osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and post-traumatic arthritis.

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Total Knee Replacement

A knee replacement (also called knee arthroplasty) might be more accurately termed a knee "resurfacing" because only the surface of the bones are actually replaced.

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Left - Severe osteoarthritis.

Right - The arthritic cartilage and underlying bone has been removed and resurfaced with metal implants on the femur and tibia. A plastic spacer has been placed in between the implants. The patellar component is not shown for clarity.