Joint Preservation is the usage of surgical or non-surgical methods to protect the joints that are deteriorating so that the patient could avoid or delay the joint replacement surgeries. Many people suffering from the chronic joint pains would always worry of the joint replacement surgeries.
The joint preservation strategy will vary with the demographics of the patient taking into various factors like age, gender, level of dysfunction of joints, etc.
Some of the non-surgical joint preservation techniques are stem cell therapy, joint injections etc. The surgical joint preservation techniques are Osteotomy and Cartilage Restoration procedures.