Is Knee Replacement Surgery the answer

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Learn from Dr. Rajat Chopra, what are the indications and benefits of knee replacement and when is the right time to consider one  Learn more about us - https://savikalpa.com/community Read more - https://savikalpa.com/blog/what-is-arthritis

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00:00As long as you can carry on with your native joint, it's good for you.

00:04If you are 39, I think, as I said, you can have a good 15 years with the primary joint replacement

00:10and maybe another 10 years with the revision joint.

00:13You can have 25 years. Up to 75, you can have a good life.

00:17Technology may change. After 25 years, you may get better implants.

00:21The metallurgy is improving. The implant designs are improving.

00:24But the bone, the bone where the implant has to be put, that the bone becomes weak,

00:31a bone starts to wear out, and then you can't put the good implant inside.

00:36So there is no place to hold the implant in the bone or on the bone.

00:41That is the problem.

00:43So whether we will be able to deal with it in next 20, 25 years, I am not sure.

00:48But hopefully, yes, we will be able to offer joint replacement to younger individuals also.

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