DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Partial knee replacement sounds better than total knee replacement, doesn’t it? But what type of orthopedic patient can benefit from this procedure? Dr. Robert Cagle, member of ...

Q. How does a normal knee work versus a knee that needs to be replaced? A. A normal knee is not painful and does not limit your mobility. In an arthritic knee, especially one with advanced ...

Q: I'm an active person, but my knee has been giving me trouble for a while now. I've tried everything -- physical therapy, injections, even cutting back on some activities -- but the pain isn't going ...

Dear Doctor: I’m a 53-year-old woman, and I’ve always been athletic. I’m in a soccer league and have a grinding pain in my right knee. I’ve had knee injuries before, and now I’m told I might need a ...

With Americans living longer and weighing more than they used to, there has been a significant increase of severe degenerative arthritis in this country. When the cartilage, or cushion, of the knee is ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -Orthopaedic Specialists, a leading practice in the Quad Cities, is proud to feature Dr. Brian McGowan, a fellowship-trained arthroplasty surgeon specializing in hip and knee ...

Unicompartmental knee replacements are moving with increasing speed into the outpatient setting, despite the hesitancy on the part of some orthopedic surgeons to accept the procedure as a legitimate ...

Whether partial versus total arthroplasty is the best for patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee has long been debated. The so-called TOPKAT trial randomized patients to the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent partial knee arthroplasty had a higher reoperation rate vs. TKA. Partial knee ...

Boston Red Sox star Dustin Pedroia, who announced his retirement Monday, underwent a partial knee replacement in December. It marked his sixth knee surgery in all and fifth since October 2017. Pedroia ...

Q: I'm a 53-year-old woman, and I've been athletic all my life. I'm in a soccer league and have a grinding pain in my right knee. I've had knee injuries in the past, and now I'm told I might need a ...