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  • Can snotty molecules make total knee replacements less invasive?

    If you are a candidate for total knee replacement surgery, you know the surgery is anything but routine. Surgeons break out the power tools, literally, to saw off the end of your femur and tibia. This is followed by drilling holes into the bones in order to glue and hammer into place the metal surfaces that replace these parts of your joint. Between the two surfaces is a plastic piece that takes the place of your meniscus. A good animation video for total knee replacement can be found here. The life of these artificial joints used to be around 10...

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