Avoid Knee Replacement

Avoiding Total Knee Replacements

Avoiding a Total Knee Replacement Stone Clinic

This year, in the US alone, the number of total knee replacements will exceed 600,000. Eighty percent of these are unnecessary. Here is why.

Posted by Kevin R. Stone, MD on July 21st, 2019

How to Avoid a Total Knee Replacement

Arthritis is preventable. Yet until recently most people thought it was inevitable. Here are some examples of how to best treat your injured knee.

Posted by Kevin R. Stone, M.D on July 12th, 2016

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Why Kneecapping Your Opponent Works

Injuries to the kneecap—also called the patella or patella femoral joint— heal poorly, if at all. Here is why.

Posted by Kevin R. Stone, M.D on September 09th, 2015

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Biology trumps bionics: An alternative to total knee replacement

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We like to do everything possible to rebuild the knee joint with biologic tissues rather than artificial materials to help delay the time in which an artificial joint replacement is necessary.

Posted by Kevin R. Stone, M.D on October 08th, 2013

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Knee replacement: Partial can be just as good as total

Knees do not necessarily wear out evenly, sometimes one part of the knee is perfectly fine while another part is completely destroyed. If only part of the knee joint is worn out, why replace all of it?

Posted by Kevin R. Stone, M.D on September 22nd, 2013

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