Orthopedics This Week highlights an HSS study that has found active young adults who elect to have total knee replacement (TKA) are “unlikely” to require a revision…ever. This is the largest and longest follow-up of patients under 55 undergoing total knee replacement in existence.

Senior author William Long, MD, hip and knee surgeon at HSS, explained, “We looked at the 40-year outcomes of a cohort of 88 young patients who underwent total knee replacement for osteo and post-traumatic arthritis between 1977 and 1992.”

“The most important results are as follows,” noted Dr. Long. “There was a very low rate of complications in these young patients. Patients all experienced an increased level of function following total knee replacement that was sustained over the 40-year timeframe of this study.”

Read the full article at ryortho.com.