Here are four statistics:
1. Nearly 50 percent of U.S. adults will develop knee osteoarthritis in at least one knee.
2. More than 90 percent of patients who undergo knee replacement surgery experience a significant reduction in knee pain.
3. More than half — 63 percent — of knee replacement surgeries were performed on female patients in 2008.
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