REAL Risks for Joint Replacement Surgery

What are the REAL risks for Joint Replacement Surgery, and what can YOU do to possibly avoid surgical interventions?

The following paragraph is directly from what, by some, is considered a landmark study in options for knee replacement form the Journal Of Knee Surgery, in2016L

“One of the benefits of delaying TKR (total knee replacement surgery) in older individuals may be to avoid risks associated with the surgery or with subsequent required revisions. The complications associated with TKR have been extensively studied and include infection,15,16 pulmonary embolism,17,18 thromboses,19,20 fat embolism,21,22 hemarthrosis,23,24 patellar fracture,16,25 heterotopic ossification,26,27 stiffness,16,28 nerve damage,29,30 vascular injuries,16,31 urinary compli-cations,32,33 and increased mortality.34,35 A recent study showed that postoperative mortality more than tripled in patients