Patient Education

An epidural injection delivers steroids into the epidural space around spinal nerve roots to relieve pain – back pain, leg pain, or other pain — caused by irritated spinal nerves.

Scoliosis is defined as a side-to-side curvature from the normal frontal view of the body. In actuality, the deformity occurs in three planes: front-back, side to side, and bottom-top.

Vertebral compression fractures will number in excess of 500,000 this year.

Will my total hip or total knee need to be redone? This is a common question and is understandable given the history of joint replacement failures a generation ago.

As I approach 30 years of Orthopaedic Surgery practice, dedicated to hip and knee replacement in arthritic patients, it is interesting to reflect on some headline news articles offering the latest and greatest improvements in orthopaedic and arthritis care. – Dr. John Irving

Total knee replacement has been proven to be one of the best reconstructive procedures offered to patients suffering with debilitating arthritis over the past 30 years.

The bottom line is that arthritis of the knee is not an acute problem and there is no “urgent” or “emergency” surgery needed to definitively treat knee arthritis.

Painful arthritis of the knee affects up to 10% of the general United States population over 65 years of age. As a result, data estimates that approximately 350,000 total knee replacements are performed each year in the United States.

Although surgery itself can be a significant source of stress for patients about to undergo a joint replacement, many patients seem to have more apprehension about the anesthesia than any other aspect of the procedure.

Total Knee Replacement (TKR) continues to be one of the most successful medical interventions performed today. This procedure allows patients with painful arthritic knees to return to a more active lifestyle and achieve an improved quality and, in many cases, quantity of life.