What does it mean if you injure your knee and you hear a pop?
What does it mean if you injure your knee and you hear a pop? Usually it means that you really injured something, but what that something is really depends on where one feels the pain and what actually happened to cause the injury.
Why I Would Rather Repair Cartilage Than Replace A Knee
Patients come in all the time asking if I can replace or repair the damaged cartilage in their knee. I wish I could answer yes every time, but this isn’t always the case. When we think of cartilage lesions we sometimes use the term “pothole” to describe the types that are presumed to be fixable. […]
Electrotherapy and Acupuncture Required Less Pain Medicine Following Knee Replacement Surgery
This research summary discusses an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association Surgery which demonstrated that patients who use electrotherapy and acupuncture required less narcotic pain medicine (opioids). There is an epidemic in the United States of opiate abuse and any and all modalities that reduce pain after surgery are worth exploring. I […]
What to worry about when undergoing a knee replacement
There are many things to worry about when undergoing a knee replacement, but instability of the kneecap is rarely one of them.This blog post discussing how to prevent instability of the patella after a knee replacement discusses a specific technique of wound closure to prevent the possibility that the kneecap will not track well after […]
New Technology in Orthopaedics
One of the most interesting things about being an orthopedic surgeon is new technology. Sometimes there are good innovations, and sometimes the new technology doesn’t work. In the case of a synthetic meniscus, the jury is still out as to whether or not an artificial meniscus can help patients suffering from knee pain after having […]
Before Knee Replacement Surgery
This article had helpful information for anyone considering knee replacement surgery. Knee replacement surgery relieves pain and improves function in patients with severe osteoarthritis much more effectively than nonsurgical therapy alone, researchers reported on Wednesday. Source: www.nytimes.com/2015/10/22/health/study-points-to-benefits-of-knee-replacement-surgery-over-therapy-alone.html