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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 4240975" data-attributes="member: 26737">My old boss had his knee surgeries done by Dr. Bobb in Norman. He had ligament replacements done in one knee, and at least one complete knee replacement (it seems like he was going to have the other replaced, but I can't recall if he got it done). He spoke very highly of Dr. Bobb.On the durability of the replacement joint, when he originally needed one, the doctor didn't want to do it because he was too young--at the time, he was in his 40s and the artificial joints only had a 20 year lifespan, which meant that they would have to replace it at least once, and possibly twice, during his lifetime. About that same time, I heard a news report about a new artificial knee that had a projected 30-year lifespan, and when he talked about that with Dr. Bobb, they decided to go ahead with the replacement. This was about 15 year ago, so those projected lifetimes could've been 10 and 20 years, but I remember that the new joint was a big deal because of the ten year jump. I guess if you're old enough they could be a lifetime replacement...</blockquote>