How many knee replacements are performed each year?
1 million.
In the February 2007 issue of the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, it is affirmed that about a million knee replacements (or arthroplasties) are performed in the world each year ‘“ around half of them in the US only. There are two kinds of knee replacements: partial or total. The first knee arthroplasty was performed in 1968.
May 14, 2012 9:57 pm
Can you find out how many people in the world use crutches each year?