HOW OLD IS TOO OLD FOR JOINT REPLACEMENT? (Orthopedics This Week)
98-yr-old Yemen citizen gets knee replacement (Times of India)
Is one ever too old to get a new knee? Ali Saleh Hussein, whose passport shows that his age is 98, underwent joint replacement surgery on his left knee at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai in December. His orthopedic surgeon, Amyn Rajani, said, “Hussein’s knees are those of a 60-year-old man. While the left one was severely degenerated due to arthritis, his right knee is good for another couple of years.” Rajani believes Hussein to be the oldest man in the world to hav...
