Men play post-op catch-up: Study shows women make more progress early on after knee replacement surgery than men
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 03:31
in Health & Medicine
Although women generally have worse knee function and more severe symptoms before undergoing surgery for knee replacement than men, they recover faster after the operation. Men take longer to recover but, after a year, they catch up with women and there are no differences in surgery outcomes at that time, according to new findings.