A West Lothian dad, who is raising thousands of pounds to take his daughter abroad for specialist treatment after she was told she would be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, has been offered a discount by a top doctor.

After Liana’s life-altering knee injury ended her collegiate athletic career, she not only had to deal with the emotional and psychological shock this caused, but she was also left with excruciating knee pain that seemed to defy all available treatment.

As the global population ages and lifestyles evolve, the demand for knee replacement surgeries rises steadily. According to a 2007 study, the market will rise by more than 673%, reaching nearly 3.5 million procedures a year. With the surge in demand for complex orthopedic procedures, outstanding advances in the field have been made in the last few decades, with medical travel destinations emerging across the globe that offer cutting-edge surgical solutions to complex knee problems.