Ever wonder how knee replacement surgery helps people with knee osteoarthritis get back to doing the types of things they want to do? This video explains the basic idea of knee replacement surgery and how it changes the knee joint to put in a new joint surface. If you...
As a surgeon who treats osteoarthritis I find that many of my patients do not understand what osteoarthritis actually is. When you understand the problem, it helps you understand why so many people have hip or knee replacement. This video is a brief explanation of...
Every doctor at every visit takes note of the patient’s chief complaint. That complaint is what brings them in to see the doctor. When people suffer from hip or knee osteoarthritis we often say the chief complaint is hip pain or knee pain. I believe that the...
Many patients have some degree of fear and anxiety before undergoing either total hip replacement or total knee replacement. One of the most common questions I get from patients is whether or not they will be able to go up and down stairs after surgery. The second...
A required and even critical part of every visit you have with your doctor is your “chief complaint.” The chief complaint is the section of the note in which your physician identifies the reason you came to see them that day. If you are seeing your primary...
