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Why Hip or Knee replacement may benefit your marriage

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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

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

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

Dr. William Leone Recertified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

William A. Leone, M.D., F.A.C.S., head of The Leone Center for…

No tourniquet total knee combined with novel device (CarboJet) improves implant stability.

The Most Common Reason for Chronic, Debilitating Hip Pain

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Hip pain is a common problem with many potential causes.

At The Leone Center for Orthopedic Care, our concierge approach to personalized care is linked to successful and faster recoveries

A decade ago, Dr. William A. Leone, head of The Leone Center…

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

How invasive is the mini-posterior approach?         …
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After hip or knee replacement when can I shower, drive, return to work, and have sex?

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?

Painful total hip or total knee: Do I have an allergy to the metal prosthesis?

I routinely see patients who are in pain and frustrated with…
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