I’m often asked by patients who are contemplating surgery about my approach: Will the incision be big? Is it arthroscopic? Do I use lasers? My approach is completel...
You have done all you can to improve your health and maximize your outcome and the day has finally arrived. You check into the hospital, meet the anesthesiologist, discu...
One of the most common conditions I see in our Neurosurgery Spine Clinic is neck pain and associated shoulder and arm pain due to a disk herniation. The cervical disks ar...
As I have stated in previous blogs, osteoarthritis is a spectrum of disorders that range from mild symptoms, such as aching and swelling after activity to disabling pain...
Recently (February 24 and 25 of 2012), I moderated a course in Las Vegas, Nevada regarding anterior approach total hip replacement. The faculty, including Dr. Joel Matta...
In a supplement on December 21, 2011 Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, a gathering of joint registries from around the world concluded that the importance of joint regis...
As we start a new year, we look forward to new opportunities to better serve our patients at the Joint Center. Making our patient/customer satisfaction our highest prior...
At the beginning of the 21st century, metal-on-highly cross-linked polyethelene bearings were introduced, along with metal-on-metal bearings and ceramic-on-ceramic bearin...
What about chiropractic? I don’t think a day goes by without my encountering this question — and it’s a good one! Patients will often make comments to me like...
At the 21st annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Dallas, Texas in November of 2011, a survey of joint replacement surgeons was presented...
