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Postoperative Care: What to Expect after Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery
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Much of the content on my blog explores the signs and causes…
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Why I No Longer Use the Anterior Approach for Primary Total Hip Replacement Surgery
As a surgeon with a specialty practice in hip and knee replacement surgery, patients rely on my expertise. Recently, a patient asked me why I no longer use the anterior approach for total hip replacement. I stopped performing this procedure because in my experience there are no advantages to the surgery, rather a number of potential disadvantages. Simply, I couldn't continue to use a procedure that I could not trust to deliver every time.
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Joint Replacement Isn’t Just For Olympic Athletes
With the world transfixed on the Olympics, it is amazing to see…
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Hip and Knee Arthritis: Do PRP and Stem Cell Injections Work?
An estimated 50 million Americans have osteoarthritis (OA) .…
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South Florida Hospital News – Dr. Leone: COVID Raises Questions about Which Surgeries Are Elective
When mandates were issued postponing elective surgeries…
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Dr. Leone Named Top DOC for 11th Consecutive Year, Recognized by Fort Lauderdale Illustrated Magazine
May, 2020
Dr. Leone is an…
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The Most Common Reason for Chronic, Debilitating Hip Pain
Hip pain is a common problem with many potential causes.
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Q&A: Total hip replacement, mini-posterior vs. direct anterior surgical approaches
How invasive is the mini-posterior approach? …
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The Unhappy Total Knee Replacement Patient: Figuring out What Is Wrong
Unfortunately, there are a significant number of people who have undergone total knee replacement (TKR) and are not happy with the result. Some studies estimate 20% or more fall into this category. Defining success or a “satisfactory result” can mean two very different things to an individual who had the total knee versus the surgeon who implanted it.