Patient Concerns - The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care

South Florida Hospital News – Dr. Leone: COVID Raises Questions about Which Surgeries Are Elective

August 31, 2020

When mandates were issued postponing elective surgeries…

Unhappy Total Hip Patient: Figuring Out What Is Wrong

August 6, 2020

Symptoms of Wrong Size Knee Replacement

June 14, 2020

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The SPAIRE Posterior Mini Approach: Now there’s a Mini Posterior approach without hip precautions, The Most tissue and muscle-sparing approach for Hip Replacement

June 2, 2020

Hardly a clinic day goes by without one or more patients specifically…

The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care Resumes Office Visits and Scheduling of Surgeries

April 27, 2020

All patients are once again being seen and fully treated. FORT…

Pain management: How we continue to improve our multimodal approach for better post-operative pain control

December 5, 2019

The Most Common Reason for Chronic, Debilitating Hip Pain

August 22, 2019

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Hip pain is a common problem with many potential causes.

Q&A: Total hip replacement, mini-posterior vs. direct anterior surgical approaches

June 10, 2019

How invasive is the mini-posterior approach? …

After hip or knee replacement when can I shower, drive, return to work, and have sex?

June 6, 2019

I decided to write this short blog on four common questions, topics I’m routinely asked about after someone has a hip or knee surgery. When is it ok to shower and get the incision wet, when it’s safe to drive, when should they plan on returning to work and the what factors drive that timing, and finally when it’s safe to resume sexual activities?