Saving My Knee Guide

How to avoid an artificial knee replacement

Learn more about procedures that can help you return to sports and delay or avoid an artificial knee replacement.

Explore all your options

People who have suffered knee injuries have many options. Although a full knee replacement may be the answer, The Stone Clinic believes that there are several other options that athletes should consider prior to undergoing surgery.

What's in the guide

Find out how procedures to rebuild a knee naturally can help people return to sports and delay or avoid an artificial knee replacement:

Repair and prevent arthritis by fixing damaged articular cartilage
Give your knee back its shock absorber by replacing the meniscus
Regain your knee's stability with ligament reconstruction

Medically authored by

Guide Author: Kevin R. Stone, MD

Kevin R. Stone, MD an orthopaedic surgeon at The Stone Clinic and also the Chairman of the Stone Research Foundation. He is a pioneer of advanced orthopaedic surgical and rehabilitation techniques to repair, regenerate, and replace damaged cartilage and ligaments and a leader in outpatient robotic surgery for partial and total knees.

Dr. Stone lectures around the world as an expert in cartilage and meniscal growth, replacement, and repair and holds over 50 U.S. patents on novel inventions to improve healthcare. He uses anabolic therapy and other biologic techniques to work to preserve the natural biology of a joint, helping people avoid or delay an artificial joint replacement.

Founder of The Meniscus Transplantation Center, Dr. Stone is one of the world’s leading experts in meniscus transplantation and a pioneer of biologic orthopaedic techniques. For over 30 years, he and his team have specialized in giving people back their vital meniscus shock absorbers, keeping the knee moving naturally and reducing the likelihood of a total knee replacement.

The Meniscus Transplant Center at The Stone Clinic is an international destination for meniscus transplantation, dedicated to the diagnosis, surgical implantation, and rehabilitation of people in need of meniscus tissue.