Joint Replacement Posts

Hip replacements are one of the most performed orthopedic surgeries, often as a treatment for arthritis. Arthritis affects 91 million… Read More

by Ryan N. Robertson, MD

Why do people get hip and knee replacements? Arthritis, especially osteoarthritis (wear and tear arthritis) is the most common reason… Read More

by Peter Helvie, MD

Joint surgery isn’t just doing a good procedure. It takes a team of people to do a joint surgery, and… Read More

by David W. Miller, Sr., MD

While there are other types of joint replacements, including elbow, shoulder and ankle, I focus on the hip and knee…. Read More

by Chijindu C. Emenari, MD, MBA

Modern Approaches In this situation, “approach” means how the surgeon enters the hip joint. Are they coming in through the… Read More

by Rishi Gogineni, MD

Who needs a total hip replacement? Patients who are candidates for a total hip replacement (also called total hip arthroplasty)… Read More

by Bruce Byrd, MD

Knee replacements are a more difficult operation to get right than hip replacements, because the knee is a more complicated… Read More

by William E. Nordt, III, MD

What’s in a knee? A knee does three things: What’s knee arthritis? Knee arthritis, also called osteoarthritis, is a progressive… Read More

by David C. Landy, MD, PhD, FAAOS

What is shoulder arthritis? Shoulder arthritis is the loss of cartilage lining of the ball in the ball and socket… Read More

by Ryan Barnes, MD

It’s 2024. We’re in a technologically driven world where everything we do has been touched and affected by technology and… Read More

by Wells Stewart, III, MD