Knee Replacement Market Continues To Grow Owing To the Increasing Prevalence of Arthritis
Knee replacement helps relieve pain and restore function in severely diseased knee joints. Knee replacement, also known as knee arthroplasty, is a surgical procedure to replace the weight-bearing portions of the joint to alleviate pain and disability. It is most commonly done for osteoarthritis (osteoarthritic knees), and for other knee ailments including rheumatoid arthritis (inflammation of the joints) and psoriatic arthritis (inflammatory arthritis of the tissues). During this procedure, damaged bone or cartilage from kneecap, shinbone, and thighbone is replaced with a prosthesis (an artificial joint) made of metal alloys, polymers, and high-grade plastics. Thus, there is an increasing demand for this type of surgery, owing to the increasing prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and osteoarthritis, especially in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 54.4 million (one in four) people in the U.S. have so...