Total hip replacement is one of the most successful operations in all of medicine when it comes to pain relief and return to activity. There are many different approaches that can be used to insert the prosthesis in an arthritic hip joint. An approach gaining...
This year marks the 14th International Congress on Shoulder and Elbow Surgery hosted by Argentina and taking place in Buenos Aires. This is the largest gathering of expert shoulder and elbow surgeons in the work and takes place every 3 years. The meeting consists of...
There has been a trend in recent years to reduce the amount of metal necessary to achieve solid implant fixation in the bone during total shoulder replacement. Traditional long titanium stems (picture to the right), when they engage the outer hard shell of bone, can...
The direct anterior approach total hip replacement (also known as the Smith Peterson approach) has been around since the early days of hip replacement and is not new. Its popularity waned throughout the 80s, 90s and early 2000’s because the posterior approach was...
For years, joint replacement has traditionally been an inpatient surgery where patients would spend several nights in the hospital receiving postoperative care including physical therapy and pain management. The advent of improved surgical techniques, regional...
