From what I have read and talking to people who have had both types of surgeries, every person is different and not all are candidates for a partial knee replacement. The key factor here is how active will the person be afterwards. If someones goal is simply to get out of bed and walk pain free, that is one thing as compared to someone very active whose goal is to get back to playing pickelball, softball or do some serious dancing. BIG DIFFERENCE.
The decision will not be an easy one for most likely the medical proponents you talk to will be supportive of one or the other type of surgery and of course they engage that type the most. Full knee replacements have been very successful in allowing active people return to their active lifestye. As a previous poster stated, I think the history of partial knee replacements on especially active patients needs to be further evaluated and reported on.
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