All traumatic injuries require expert care. But it’s even more vital when you have multiple injuries at one time — or polytrauma. They aren’t always life-threatening, but they can impact your quality of life. See what’s often behind these injuries.
When you have hip pain or disease, it’s easy to assume that joint replacement is your only option. However, hip preservation procedures can address numerous issues early on, delaying or preventing more serious degeneration. Read on to learn more.
Have you ever wondered how your body moves? Or why certain types of injuries can cause pain while others lead to stiffness or mobility issues? It all comes down to your musculoskeletal system. Keep reading to learn more.
Traumatic events can cause significant and complex damage to delicate parts of the body, like the abdomen. They can also be challenging to identify at the time of the trauma, leading to ongoing problems. But an orthopaedic trauma specialist can help.
Few people look forward to the prospect of surgery, but anterior approaches to hip replacement procedures could change that. Keep reading to see why this method is becoming the preferred approach for both doctors and patients.
Do you have pain, a limp, or instability in your hip because of dysplasia? An osteotomy can restore joint function, alignment, and prevent additional deterioration. Keep reading to learn more.
Broken bones often require specialized care to avoid long-term complications. However, it’s even more of a priority when they pierce the skin. Keep reading to learn more about treating open fractures.
Hip replacement surgeries using the interior approach come with fewer risks, faster recoveries, and restored mobility with less pain. However, you still have to take the right steps to support the healing process. Keep reading to learn more.
Legs can become bow-legged for a variety of reasons, and you can even have the condition from birth. However, no matter what caused your alignment problem, it can lead to worsening issues and chronic pain. Fortunately, osteotomy could help.
Hearing the word trauma causes a lot of assumptions, especially when it comes to an injury. However, each one is different, so they all require personalized treatment. For some, that could mean nonsurgical solutions. Read on to learn more.
If you had one or two providers who couldn’t correct your hip injury, tertiary reconstruction could provide solutions. Keep reading to learn how this specialized service can help, even after a traumatic injury.
Did you break a hip or have joint replacement surgery that didn’t heal correctly? This problem, known as malunion, can trigger a variety of issues. However, there are solutions. Keep reading to learn more.
An osteotomy involves cutting and reshaping bones. But what does that mean exactly, and how do you know if you need this specialized procedure? Keep reading to learn more about this procedure and what it can do for you.
Broken bones may be a common problem, but that doesn’t mean they’re inevitable. Keep reading to learn what causes them as well as the steps you can take to avoid these types of injuries.
Recovering from one injury can be hard enough, but sustaining several at once can make the process even more difficult. However, working with a polytrauma specialist can help you manage the challenges ahead.
When your broken hip or joint replacement heals incorrectly, you have a malunion. This problem can happen to any bone in your body, especially the hip joint. Here’s how to spot a problem and get help.
If you have misaligned hip joints because of dysplasia, an osteotomy could significantly ease your symptoms and restore mobility. Keep reading to see how this procedure reshapes your hip to improve joint function.
Advancements in surgical techniques have made joint replacement surgeries more successful than ever, especially when they involve the hip. Keep reading to learn more about the anterior approach and what makes it a great option.
Unfortunately, when you experience a traumatic event, it’s common to experience more than one significant injury. Fortunately, an orthopaedic trauma specialist has extensive experience providing expert care in these unique situations. Learn how.
If you have joint damage or a broken bone that isn’t healing properly, it could be time to consider an osteotomy. This specialized procedure reshapes bones to correct problems affecting movement, growth, or causing pain. Keep reading to learn more.
Do you still have hip pain after a break, joint replacement, or reconstructive surgery? It’s possible your hip didn’t heal properly. Fortunately, there are ways to address this problem to restore your comfort and mobility. Keep reading to learn more.
Understanding orthopaedic trauma isn’t something most people worry about until they or someone close to them has an accident that causes serious injury to bones and muscles. These are the specialties of an orthopaedic trauma surgeon.
Sticks and stones, the nursery rhyme assures us, break bones. However, most fractures result from accidents or falls, with some coming from overuse, bone conditions, or cancers. Fractures are grouped in several classes, according to type.
For most people, bone alignment is normal, natural, and it’s something you probably never think about. However, when bones are out of alignment, your body’s mechanics can make life a struggle. Osteotomy is the procedure to solve these problems.
Violent accidents, injuries, or assaults can damage your body in more than just one way, a type of injury called polytraumatic. Depending on your combination of injuries, your treatment and recovery could be challenging and lengthy.
Your hip is the largest ball and socket joint in the body, requiring a major incision for replacement surgery. Anterior approaches minimize damage to surrounding tissue, leading to faster recovery.
Bones aren’t meant for exposure to the elements. When you have an open fracture that pierces the skin, the treatment and recovery proceed differently than a closed bone break. Your recovery period depends on the severity of your injury.
Joint problems sometimes develop right from birth, long before the wear and tear of osteoarthritis begins. A preventive procedure called osteotomy realigns the bones where they connect to joints. Here’s why you might need one.
In a violent confrontation or accident, injuries can add up quickly. The medical world uses the term “polytrauma” when describing multiple injuries to your body. Polytrauma identifies a patient in serious and possibly life-threatening conditions.
While pain-free living is the best part of a total hip replacement, your joint remains vulnerable to injury due to falls or accidents. When the bone breaks around a hip prosthesis, you have a serious condition that likely requires surgery to fix.
When hip fractures or hip surgeries heal improperly, the alignment of your entire leg can be affected, leaving you with chronic pain and mobility issues. This improper healing is called hip malunion, and it can be surgically treated.
Is hip pain keeping you from your favorite hobbies or daily activities? Do you have chronic pain that isn’t responding to conservative therapies? Learn how a hip replacement can help get you on your feet again — fast.
Is arthritis-related knee pain interfering with your active lifestyle? Find out how osteotomy surgery restores proper joint alignment and preserves cartilage to keep your knee healthy, functional, and pain-free for years to come.
When you’re involved in an accident or event that causes an injury to your musculoskeletal system, an orthopaedic trauma physician is the specialist you want to treat and monitor your injury until your mobility is back to normal.
Though it’s rare for bones to not heal after medical treatment, it does happen occasionally. Your bone may be slow to heal, it could mend out of alignment, or it may not rejoin at all. There are treatments for poorly healed fractures.