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“Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”

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|Date: October 17, 2015
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“Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”

His neck made a little cracking noise when he lifted a log overhead nearly 20 years ago during a building ...

His neck made a little cracking noise when he lifted a log overhead nearly 20 years ago during a building project. Since then, Randy battled pain that got in the way of most everything he did. “My fam ...

October 17, 2015
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The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

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|Date: July 23, 2015
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The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

Traditionally, joint replacement surgery required a several-day stay in the hospital. In the 1980s, the a ...

Traditionally, joint replacement surgery required a several-day stay in the hospital. In the 1980s, the average length of stay was approximately 7 days, and now it has decreased nationally to approxim ...

July 23, 2015
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Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes

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|Date: July 07, 2015
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Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes

2015 marks the start of the 12th year of our research department. 2015 will see us initiate a study to ev ...

2015 marks the start of the 12th year of our research department. 2015 will see us initiate a study to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative optimization of patients undergoing hip and knee repla ...

July 07, 2015
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Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

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|Date: April 04, 2014
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Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

At the most recent Knee Society meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 2014, there were several pap ...

At the most recent Knee Society meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, March 15, 2014, there were several papers published revealing the percentage of patients who were happy or satisfied after receiving ...

April 04, 2014
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Patient-Specific Cutting Guides for TKA

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|Date: January 06, 2014
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Patient-Specific Cutting Guides for TKA

At the 23rd annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Dallas, Texas, Novembe ...

At the 23rd annual meeting of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons in Dallas, Texas, November 8 through 10, 2013, a paper was presented by Dr. Hamula, Et Al, evaluating the use of patient ...

January 06, 2014
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The Benefits of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia for Joint Replacement

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|Date: June 11, 2013
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The Benefits of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia for Joint Replacement

Drs. Memtsoudis et al from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York published in the Journal of Arthr ...

Drs. Memtsoudis et al from the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York published in the Journal of Arthroplasty in May 2013 a large national data base study looking at 400 hospitals from 2006 through ...

June 11, 2013
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What about chiropractic?

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|Date: January 12, 2012
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What about chiropractic?

What about chiropractic? I don't think a day goes by without my encountering this question — and it's a g ...

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, "I know you surgeons don't like chiropra ...

January 12, 2012
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“Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”

“Life was Incredibly Tough and Getting Unbearable–Valley Medical Center Gave Me My Life Back!”

The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

The Evolution of Length of Stay for a Joint Replacement Surgery

Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes

Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes

Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement

Patient-Specific Cutting Guides for TKA

Patient-Specific Cutting Guides for TKA

The Benefits of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia for Joint Replacement

The Benefits of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia for Joint Replacement

What about chiropractic?

What about chiropractic?