2015 marks the start of the 12th year of our research department. 2015 will see us initiate a study to ev ...
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Study to Examine Benefits of Pre-Operative Fitness on Surgery Outcomes
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 evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative optimization of patients undergoing hip and knee repla ...
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Patient Satisfaction After Knee Replacement
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 ...
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Patient-Specific Cutting Guides for TKA
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 ...
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The Benefits of Spinal/Epidural Anesthesia for Joint Replacement
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 ...
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Decision making for joint replacement
Decision making for joint replacement
Patients present with a variety of symptoms and severity of arthritis of the hip and knee. The goal of ma ...
Patients present with a variety of symptoms and severity of arthritis of the hip and knee. The goal of management of an arthritic hip and knee is to maintain your own joint as long as it is able to pr ...
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Risk of Revision After Primary Hip Replacement
Risk of Revision After Primary Hip Replacement
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in October 2012, Dr. Jeff ...
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in October 2012, Dr. Jeff Katz and colleagues from Boston, Massachusetts, reviewed Medicare data on patients undergoing ...
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Obesity and Diabetes – Their Influence on Infections in Total Hip and Knee Replacement
Obesity and Diabetes – Their Influence on Infections in Total Hip and Knee Replacement
An article published in the July issue of the Journal and Bone Surgery by Dr. Jamsen, et.al. from Finland ...
An article published in the July issue of the Journal and Bone Surgery by Dr. Jamsen, et.al. from Finland, outlined the affects of diabetes and obesity on the risk of infection after hip and knee repl ...
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What about chiropractic?
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 ...