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Steps You Can Take to Ensure the Best Result and Best Experience when Having a Hip or Knee Replacement

In a previous blog, “Why Joint Replacement Patients Are Getting Well so much Faster Today,” I described the reasons why patients are getting well so much faster today than even just a few years ago. This partially is due to new and improved surgical techniques and prosthetics, as well as better pain management and prevention strategies.

Multiple Hip, Knee and Back Pain Issues: Which To Treat First?

At The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care, I routinely see patients who present with pain and/or disability from arthritic disease in both hips or knees and sometimes a combination of hips and knees. Many of these same patients also have pain from back issues.

Joint Replacement Surgery Q&A

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In the third and final blog of my Q&A series, here are the most common questions I’m asked about joint replacement surgery, many focusing specifically on the knee.

Poor Results after Hip Fracture Surgery Could Mean Infection

For this final post in the series I will discuss infection, which always must be considered after any type of surgery, especially when the surgical result was not as anticipated or acceptable.

Conservative Treatments to Delay Joint Replacement Surgery and Help Manage Pain

In September 2012, The Journal of the American Medical Association…

How to Minimize Risks Prior to Joint Replacement Surgery

Determining potential risk factors for each patient prior to…

Preventing Infection

Even with all of the modern advances in surgical techniques,…
Patient Assured Safety Protocols

What Patients Should Know About Preventing Infection During and After Joint Replacement Surgery

------------ A common concern of patients facing joint replacement…

Blood Transfusions During Surgery

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Some of the most common questions that our patients have prior…

How To Recognize and Manage Referred Pain

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The human body's "shared wiring" can intermingle and cause unusual…
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Concierge Medicine at The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care

At the Leone Center for Orthopedic Care, we define our Concierge…

Physical therapy after your surgery: (Hip)

Your physical therapy will start the day of your surgery. We…

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