Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney, FACS, recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee replacement surgery at Lompoc Valley Medical Center. This report was ...
A woman who has had the first full knee replacement surgery in the Far North town of Kaitaia says being able to have the operation in her own community - supported by whanau - was a "therapeutic" and ...
Years of high school, college and semiprofessional football meant Layne Herber’s knees didn’t stand much of a chance. By the time Herber, 73, retired in 2015, he was relying on periodic cortisone ...
Not so long ago, undergoing a total hip or knee replacement and recovery was a grueling and often painful ordeal. While these are still major surgeries, new techniques and technologies are redefining ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exactech, a developer and producer of innovative implants, instrumentation, and smart technologies for joint replacement surgery, announced today first surgeries ...
Whether partial versus total arthroplasty is the best for patients with unicompartmental osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee has long been debated. The so-called TOPKAT trial randomized patients to the ...
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Richard Rooney, FACS, recently implanted Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo county’s first smart knee implant during a total knee replacement surgery at Lompoc Valley Medical ...