Restoring Anatomy The primary surgical goal of hip replacement surgery is to change the hip from a worn out, bone on bone, arthritic joint surface to an artificial joint surface. For me, however, the real primary goal is to help patients get back to the activities...
When most people undergo knee replacement, a tourniquet is used during the surgery. For any of you who do not know, a tourniquet is a device that wraps around the leg and use pneumatic pressure to squeeze on the leg and prevent blood flow to the rest of the extremity....
Patients often ask me which is better? An anterior hip replacement? Or a posterior hip replacement? The answer is neither. While one approach is not clearly superior, there are advantages and disadvantage of each approach. These are the reasons I prefer anterior...
I am really excited to let all of you know about the new practice I am joining, but first, some history. When I was training to be an orthopedic surgeon, total joint patients spent a minimum of 3 nights in the hospital. Not only were hospital stays longer, but over...
