This presentation discusses the treatment of knee arthritis with arthroscopy, open surgery and prosthetic replacement as well as complications and survival of prosthetic replacement.

a. Fallacies about knee arthritis
b. Prevalence of degenerative changes in the asymptomatic population
c. Nonoperative treatment of arthritis
d. Surgical procedures for arthritis of the knee
e. Arthrodesis (knee fusion)
f. Arthroscopy does not work for arthritis!
g. Arthroscopic meniscectomy and ACL reconstruction
h. High tibial osteotomy
i. Knee arthroplasties: Total knee arthroplasty, unicompartmental arthroplasty, and patellofemoral arthroplasty
j. Total knee complications: loosening, fractures, medical complications, infection, wound healing and polyethylene wear
k. Risk factors for revision & how long should TKA’s last?