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Originally Posted by rhood
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I had a total knee replacement about 3 years ago. Much diddling around first with cortisone, orthoscopic surgery, etc., but after about a year of of hobbling Doc finally said it could be replaced. Interesting...he said that anything short of total replacement in cases like mine (severe arthritis, shredded cartilage) is a band-aid, but the insurance mandates that total replacement surgery can take place only after the band-aids have been tried and have failed.