Sardar Ortho Hospital

The most common need for a hip replacement is osteoarthritis. Hip joint osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease resulting in wearing away of the lubricating cartilage of the hip joint. This causes the bones of this hip joint to rub together, which produces painful symptoms in the groin, decreased motion of the hip, and pain with walking and activity. Symptoms of arthritis tend to worsen as the degeneration progresses. A total hip replacement is a treatment option for patients with end stage osteoarthritis of the hip joint, and pain affecting their activities of daily living and quality of life.

A total hip replacement replaces both the ball and socket of the natural hip joint with artificial implants. The MAKOplasty total hip replacement is an innovative surgical technique that uses surgeon-guided robotic technology to increase the precision of the hip replacement procedure. There are several important benefits of precise implant positioning, as well as using computer and robotic assistance in surgery, as to why Dr. Durkin prefers to use the MAKOplasty technique. Benefits include:

There are many non-operative treatments that can be considered before a patient undergoes a joint replacement surgery. Dr. Durkin likes to exhaust conservative measures before performing surgery on a patient. Once conservative measures fail the patient would be a candidate for a joint replacement.

he most common need for a knee arthroscopy (or knee “scope”) is torn cartilage or ligaments. These conditions are usually a result of an acute injury.

Knee arthroscopy is a surgical technique that can diagnose and treat problems in the knee joint. During the procedure, your surgeon will make a very small incision and insert a tiny camera — called an arthroscope — into your knee. This allows them to view the inside of the joint on a screen. The surgeon can then investigate a problem with the knee and, if necessary, correct the issue using small instruments within the arthroscope.

The most common need for a shoulder arthroscopy (or shoulder “scope”) is torn tendons or ligaments/labrum. These conditions are usually a result of an acute injury, but can also occur from overuse or degeneration. “Impingement” is another need for arthroscopy, where shoulder pain is caused by irritation of the tendons in the shoulder by surrounding bony prominences, or by poor posture.