I am happy to let you know that starting Monday May 4, I will be seeing patients in the office again. Like everything else, instead of our office going back to “normal,” we have adopted the CDC recommended guidelines and have moved forward to a “new...
First of all, I hope all of you are doing well and are staying healthy and safe. While cancelling appointments and surgeries is disappointing, I do agree with the decision by our local hospitals to postpone all elective surgeries for now. Until we have a better...
One of the most common questions I answer has to do with the right time to undergo joint replacement surgery. Some patients worry about having the surgery too soon. Others are concerned about whether or not they have waited too long. I do think timing of surgery is an...
Ever wonder what osteoarthritis is? In order to understand the reason I perform total joint surgery, I think it is helpful to understand the nature of the disease. When you understand what is going on, the procedure makes more sense. Osteoarthritis is a Joint Surface...
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...
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...
