GETTING TWO JOINTS DONE AT ONCE

IT IS possible to have both knees done at the same time — and it halves recovery time.

A double, or bilateral, op is no more risky than having one joint done after the other, but it’s not for everyone.

Younger, healthier patients are better candidates ‘as the demand on the patient early on in recovery is more difficult,’ explains Martyn Porter, an orthopaedic surgeon who works at Wrightington Hospital in Wigan.