Video: Am I too young to get a knee replacement?

Total knee replacements can be very effective in improving function and decreasing pain for people with osteoarthritis. Due to advancements in knee replacements they now last on average 5-10 years longer than they used to.^[3] People are also getting knee replacements earlier in life. But how early is too early?

In the video below, Zacharie answers the question "Am I too young to get a knee replacement?" and gives a number of points to consider when determining when to have your knee replaced.

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References

1. Bayliss, L. E., Culliford, D., Monk, A. P., Glyn-Jones, S., Prieto-Alhambra, D., Judge, A., ... & Price, A. J. (2017). The effect of patient age at intervention on risk of implant revision after total replacement of the hip or knee: a population-based cohort study. The Lancet, 389(10077), 1424-1430.

2. Britton-Jones, C. A. (2017). Prehabilitation. British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 78(12), 729-729.

3. Bone, M. and J. T. (2020, September 2). How long does a hip or knee replacement last? Cleveland Clinic.

4. Deere, K., Whitehouse, M. R., Kunutsor, S. K., Sayers, A., Price, A. J., Mason, J., & Blom, A. W. (2021). How long do revised and multiply revised knee replacements last? A retrospective observational study of the National Joint Registry. The Lancet Rheumatology, 3(6), e438-e446.

5. Kennedy, L. G., Newman, J. H., Ackroyd, C. E., & Dieppe, P. A. (2003). When should we do knee replacements?. The Knee, 10(2), 161-166.

6. Julin, J., Jämsen, E., Puolakka, T., Konttinen, Y. T., & Moilanen, T. (2010). Younger age increases the risk of early prosthesis failure following primary total knee replacement for osteoarthritis: a follow-up study of 32,019 total knee replacements in the Finnish Arthroplasty Register. Acta orthopaedica, 81(4), 413-419.