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Robotic Assisted Partial Knee Replacement Surgery (Makoplasty)

May 2, 2024

A partial knee replacement (PKR) is a wonderful surgical option for patients who have pain or damage in only one compartment of the knee and have not responded to conservative treatment.

Using Sensor Technology to Diagnose and Precisely Correct TKR Failures During Revision Surgery

May 17, 2016

In the last of three blog posts on the topic of unsatisfactory results post-TKR (total knee replacement), I will discuss using kinematic sensor technology to help me more precisely diagnose and correct a painful TKR.

Poor Results after TKR Due to Infection: Diagnosis and Treatment

April 27, 2016

For the second of three blog posts about post-surgical complications and unsatisfactory results after total knee replacement (TKR), I will discuss the critical need to rule out infection and if present, how to treat it.

Leading Edge Strategies to Regenerate Hyaline Cartilage

December 23, 2014

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My final blog in this series on biologic strategies for repairing joint damage focuses on leading edge treatments designed to stimulate the regeneration of new hyaline cartilage: Osteochondral Autograft Transplantation (OATS or Mosaicplasty), Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation, Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation (ACI) and Stem Cell and Tissue engineering.

There is a New Solution for Two Common Hip Replacement Surgery Complications

January 25, 2010

More than 400,000 total hip replacement surgeries are preformed…