Infected prosthetic knees cause problems
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 14:00
in Health & Medicine
The number of people that undergo an operation to have a prosthetic knee joint is increasing. One reason is that the population is getting older, another is that people are also getting heavier, which is a factor in the development of osteoarthritis. The number of knee replacement operations has increased by 9 per cent a year in recent years.