Artificial Joints Market Continues to Expand with Arthrex Introducing the U.S. FDA-Cleared SwiveLock ACL Repair Kit for Primary Repair of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears
Replacement osteoarthritis, or artificial joint osteoarthritis, is a surgical procedure of arthroplasty orthopedics in which an arthritic, rotundar joint is substituted with an artificial orthopedic joint prosthesis. This procedure is used as a therapy for severely painful, dysfunctional, or arthritic joints. Artificial joint replacements allow patients to move without much pain and often restore the ability to function for long. Increasing geriatric and obese population is expected to drive growth of the global artificial joints market . According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the global geriatric population is expected to account for around 22% of the global population by 2050. According to the same source, in Europe, the number of people aged 85 years and above is expected to increase from 14 million to 19 million by 2020, and increase to 40 million by 2050. Furthermore, according to the WHO, in 2016, around 1.9 billion adults aged 18 years and over were overweight...