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Former Knee Society president Christopher Vertullo says many of the knee surgeries he performs every day could have been avoided with proper preventative care.
Surgery and drugs tend to take precedence over preventive programs. But many health professionals and patients say the system needs to change.
University of Queensland research has revealed Australians undergoing a knee replacement operation are at a higher risk of needing further surgery if they're obese.
More than half of Australians who underwent knee replacement for osteoarthritis were obese, increasing their risk of having the operation at a younger age, especially among women.
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