Patients can live pain-free with cartilage restoration If you suffer from chronic knee pain, joint replacement surgery can drastically improve your life. But what if you’re too young to be a good candidate for the procedure? For a long time, the answer was you wait. Now orthopedic surgeons like Dr. Michael Trice are giving people new options. “When patients under 40 or even 50 have joint replacements, many of the joints fail early,” says Dr. Trice. “It is common for these patients to have the replacement done over again in five to ten years. A cartilage transplant can delay or…

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