If you are reading this website, chances are you’re seriously considering or are preparing for knee replacement surgery. After all, the Knee Replacement Center at the Knee Care Institute is one of the Midwest’s finest specialty centers for knee replacement—a valuable procedure that has enabled hundreds of thousands of knee pain sufferers to live active, pain-free lives once again.

This website will help you understand how knee replacement at the Knee Replacement Center may benefit you. By reading it, you will learn how your knees work, common causes of knee pain, and how knee replacement can help, including specific details of the surgery. Then you’ll be better able to decide whether knee replacement is right for you, and, if so, how best to prepare for this important event.

As you read, make note of anything you don’t understand. The team of orthopaedic surgeons and knee care specialists at the Knee Care Institute invite you to discuss with them any questions you have so that you will feel completely comfortable with your chosen treatment plan.