6 OSTEOARTHRITIS of the knee can cause excruciating pain - but until quite recently there was little that could be done.

Over the past decade or so, continual improvements in surgical techniques and materials have made knee replacement surgery a highly effective form of treatment.

Now, leading medical research charity the Arthritis Research Campaign has brought out a completely revised booklet called A New Knee Joint, available, free of charge, from the address below.

JANICE SMITH, Arthritis Research Campaign, St Mary's Gate,

Chesterfield,

Derbyshire S41 7TD.