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  • Surgical Solutions for Knee Arthritis

    Your knee is the largest joint in your body. Essentially, the knee is a hinge that joins your thigh bone (femur) to your shin bone (tibia). Cartilage provides a cushion between the bones preventing them from grinding directly against one another when you bend and extend your leg.

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  • Scoping in on Chronic Shoulder Pain

    Recent advances in arthroscopic surgery allow the orthopedic surgeon to treat many conditions of the shoulder with minimal injury to surrounding structures of the joint. The patient is able to return more rapidly to work and sports than when extensive “open” surgery is performed. A tendon is a cord which connects muscle to bone.

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  • Joint Replacement in the 21st Century – A Less Painful Approach

    Knee and hip osteoarthritis are two of the most disabling conditions an active individual may face. Post-traumatic osteoarthritis or hereditary osteoarthritis may develop in middle-age during the most productive time of an individual’s life. Many people will have disability precluding them from performing activities of daily living and will usually have problems with sleep

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  • Constructive Surgery of the Knee

    Knee injuries are among the most common and painful of health problems. More than 2 million people experience knee injuries in the U. S. each year. There has been a 50% increase in knee injuries among people 65 and older in the past ten years.

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  • Computer-Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (C.A.O.S.)

    One of the most advanced techniques today, and most likely the next generation in surgical technology for joint replacements is Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (C.A.O.S).

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