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Dr. James Voglino reviews the advantages of partial knee replacement. Partial Knee Replaacement has significant advantages over a more traditional total knee replacement including: less pain less blood loss quicker recovery outpatient surgery return to full acitivty in a few weeks
Traditional metal on plastic hip replacements can wear down in younger, more active patients, who need the hip for a longer period of time. Newer metal on metal hip replacements wear down at a much slower rate. Dr. John Cuckler. Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham.
An overview of hip fractures.
This animated video shows what a patient should expect when they have a knee arthroscopy and meniscectomy. Video courtesy of eMedTV.com
Anterior Hip Replacement: Dr. Joseph Conflitti, and Dr. Scott Davinney, both orthopedic surgeons, discuss the anterior approach for a hip replacement and the benefits over more traditional approaches to hip replacement.
Advances in Hip Surgery
Post-surgery precautions after hip replacement.
Hip Resurfacing is an alternative to hip replacement for young, healthy, active people to help them to return to an active lifestyle. Dr. Richard Illgen
Dr. Jeffrey C. Wang, the Chief of Spine Surgery at UCLA discusses back surgery, and a trial using a new device for surgery. www.uclaspine.com