I'd pay quite a bit for knees that were as good as in my '20s.
We get surgery without blinking all the time in this country, and the most common types are incredibly safe. You make leg replacement on the order of knee or hip joint replacement surgery, and you’ll have people beating down your door.
I know there is the whole difficulty with nerves and what not, but I think at least half of my and my wife's families and extended families have back problems.