Total knee replacement affirmed

A National Institutes of Health consensus panel reviewed the available evidence on total knee replacement. The panel found that for folks with persistent knee pain and disability, the surgery is a safe and cost-effective way to restore movement and ease discomfort.

Patients should look for a hospital and a surgeon with experience performing large numbers of the surgeries. “Basically, the more they do, the better they do it,” said Dr. E. Anthony Rankin, chair of the panel and an orthopaedic surgeon at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C. Read the report.