After the appropriate preoperative preparations are completed and the patient is asleep, the surgical procedure will begin. A tourniquet is used to minimize bleeding during the surgical procedure. Blo ...

When a patient has progressed to a point where arthritis of the knee causes daily pain, limitation of activity, and loss of motion, the patient, after a consultation with their orthopedic surgeon, may ...

Over the last five years, there has been quite a bit of interest in minimally invasive joint replacement surgery. In the United States, this phenomenon started with several articles in the lay press e ...

A commonly asked question by patients is why they are prescribed a blood thinning medication after joint replacement surgery. The reason orthopedic surgeons give their patients some form of heparin, C ...

Although the average age for someone having hip replacement surgery is 68, younger people are also benefiting from this procedure. More then 340,000 people have hip replacement surgery each year to re ...

A variety of bearing surfaces are available for use in hip replacement surgery. The most commonly used articulation is a metal ball against polyethylene (a type of plastic) liner. This represents appr ...

While individual results vary based on patient factors, diagnosis, and type of procedure performed, some generalizations about recovery from joint replacement can be made. The majority of joint replac ...

I have received comments from the Blog and patients regarding the timing of joint replacement surgery. One of the most frequently asked questions is "How will I know when is it time to proceed with su ...

With the increasing rate of obesity in the United States, the question has been posed: Does obesity lead to arthritis? To discuss this, I think that it is important to define what we mean by obesity a ...

A recent survey in USA Today (USA Today 03/13/2006) showed that 40 million people in the United States have been diagnosed with arthritis. The incidence, by an almost 2 to 1 margin, is higher in woman ...