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G
ood candidates for bilateral knee replacement don't
come along every day. More like every week. That's
right. At the Hospital for Special Surgery, I do about 250
total knees a year, and about 50 times a year, I do both
knees at the same time. Over the last several years, I've
become convinced that with the right candidates, and under the right
circumstances, bilateral knees make all the sense in the world. Here's
why.
When Bilateral Total Knees
Make Total Sense
Thomas Sculco, MD
New York, N.Y.
With the right patients and right protocols, there's no
good reason not to double up.
• DOUBLE TROUBLE Most patients who have symmetrical
arthritis in both knees prefer to have just one operation, if
possible, says Dr. Sculco.
Sherry
Randolph