Sixty-nine-year-old Mary Anne Laporte was diagnosed with knee arthritis 15 years ago. For years, she kept the pain under control with steroid injections and physical therapy, but when she began ...
Even when knee replacement surgery is successful, stiffness in the knee joint can remain. People with a stiff knee after surgery may be unable to fully straighten the leg, to bend the knee, or both.
Pain Swelling Decreased ability to stand Impaired ability to straighten the knee Surgery to remove the entire tumor is usually the first course of treatment for cancer in the synovial tissue.
Knee surgery has seen remarkable advancements over the past few decades ... and allograft transplantation •Cartilage regeneration with marrow stimulation, cell-based treatments, and stem-cell ...