Smoking hampers the body’s ability to repair wounds by affecting the supply of oxygen to tissues. Smoking has ill effect on the cardiovascular system, circulatory system, skin, teeth, and life expectancy. Smoking is a potentially modifiable patient behavior with...
The epidemic of obesity continues to plague the American public. According to recent studies and projections by 2050 the entire US populace will be overweight or obese. Numerous studies in the field of orthopaedic surgery have found that patients who are obese prior...
More and more surgeons are opting to perform minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for total hip replacements (THR). MIS is not simply defined by the size of the incision; rather it attempts to reduced damage to all of the soft tissues. Patients’ demand is the...
After a joint replacement, a patient can develop a blood clot in the operative extremity, known as a deep venous thrombosis or DVT. Rarely, that blood clot can break off, travel to the lungs, and cause pulmonary symptoms ranging from shortness of breath to sudden...
Recently, Dr. Derek F. Amanatullah wrote for the book, Advanced Reconstruction, by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. In it, he and his coauthor Dr. Michael J. Taunton discuss specific problems related to modular taper corrosion that can arise after a hip...
On occasion, after a total hip replacement (THA) procedure, the bone around the hip socket can deteriorate, called osteolysis. This can produce discomfort for patients. When the hip socket, known medically as the acetabular component, is well-fixed, the doctor can...
