An end-of-line treatment for patients with severe, unmanageable knee pain. It has no equivalent alternatives (TKR replaces the entire knee with an artificial joint).
also called knee replacement; surgical procedure to remove and replace the arthritic or damaged knee joint with an artificial joint, called a prosthesis; knee replacement surgery may be considered only after other treatment options have failed to provide adequate relief from pain or disability.
A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. See the entire definition of Total knee replacement