Three per cent of patients died after undergoing knee replacement by NSW doctor, inquest hears

Orthopaedic surgeon Elie Khoury performed the operations which have a usual mortality risk from 0.1% to 0.8%

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Three per cent of an orthopaedic surgeon's patients who underwent bilateral knee replacement surgery at Albury Wodonga private hospital died, a NSW coroner has heard.

Kenneth Toll, 62, died on 20 July 2019 three days after undergoing the elective surgery at the hospital. The inquest, which began on Monday, is examining the medical care and treatment provided to Toll in the lead up to his death.

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