i had my right knee replaced 11 months ago. the surgeon will take several images of your thigh knee and leg and send scans off to some place that will design a customize replacement just for your knee. mine was made of stainless steel. my doctor had an actual one to show me in his office. so i do not think that anything else would be changed. i asked a half dozen friends the name of the surgeon who replaced their knee and chose the doctor most frequently mentioned ( of course i asked if they would use him/her again if needed). during my in-house physical therapy i met 3 patients who had both knees replaced. jokingly i added that it sound like a crazy thing to do. the responses were since each knew that the other one would eventually need replacing: 1. for insurance reasons 2. to minimize time taken off from work hope this helps and good luck p. s. since my right knee was replaced it took several weeks before i could drive my car. you might want to take this into consideration.
i may need knee replacement surgery soon. i have always been quite bowed legged. will the procedure straighten my legs? . i am 56 years old and a former long distance runner. i have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both knees. i suffered a torn meniscus at age 43 which was removed and have not been able to run since. that leg has become more bowed since. i am concerned that straightening out the bowed legs will cause issues elsewhere (such as the hips) since i was not born with straight legs.