What Do Celebrities Know About Joint Replacement That You Don’t? Dr. Jason Snibbe on Robotic Surgery, Recovery, and Choosing the Right Surgeon
The Joint Replacement Podcast | Episode 61 | Hosted by Dr. Matthew Sloan When a Hollywood actor, professional athlete, or world-famous musician needs a hip or knee replacement, they may have the resources to choose almost any surgeon in the world. But what are they actually looking for? Is it …
How Do You Know If Your Joint Replacement Surgeon Is Any Good?
Choosing a surgeon for a hip or knee replacement is a major decision. Most patients know to look at a surgeon’s training, board certification, experience, hospital affiliation, and perhaps online reviews. Those are all reasonable things to consider. But there is one question that almost nobody tells patients to ask: …
#56 – What Does a Professional Violinist Know About Orthopedic Surgery? Will Kang, MD
https://youtu.be/HjjOuhPsPBA What does a professional violinist know about orthopedic surgery? In the case of Dr. Will Kang, quite a lot. Before becoming a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Kang trained seriously as a classical violinist, earned a master’s degree in violin performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music, and worked as …
#55 – How Do You Know When It’s Really Time for Joint Replacement? Randall Schultz, MD
For many patients with hip or knee arthritis, the hardest question is not whether joint replacement works. It is deciding when the time is right to actually have surgery. In Episode 55 of The Joint Replacement Podcast, I sat down with Dr. Randall Schultz, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Texas …
#54 – Can You Prevent Arthritis & Joint Replacement? Jocelyn Wittstein, MD
What happens to a joint decades before someone ever needs a hip or knee replacement? That was the central question in Episode 54 of The Joint Replacement Podcast, where I sat down with Jocelyn Wittstein, MD, an orthopedic sports medicine surgeon at Duke whose work spans ACL injuries, post-traumatic arthritis, …
#53 – Are Robotics the Future of Joint Replacement? Prof. Fares Haddad
Robotic technology has made joint replacement surgery more precise. The more difficult question is whether greater precision consistently translates into outcomes that patients can actually feel. That question sits at the center of Episode 53 of The Joint Replacement Podcast, featuring Professor Fares Haddad, Professor of Orthopaedic and Sports Surgery …
#52 – Am I Too Young for Joint Replacement?
Being told you are “too young” for a hip or knee replacement can be incredibly frustrating, especially when arthritis is already affecting your sleep, work, exercise, family life, and independence. For decades, younger patients were often advised to delay joint replacement as long as possible. That advice was not unreasonable …
#50 – Season One Finale — What We Learned About Joint Replacement
Six months, 50 episodes, and dozens of conversations with surgeons, patients, researchers, therapists, operating room professionals, and innovators. Episode 50 of The Joint Replacement Podcast looks back at the ideas, debates, and patient stories that shaped our first season. When I started The Joint Replacement Podcast about six months ago, …
#48 – What is Knee Replacement Recovery Really Like? Diana Braun
Knee replacement surgeons spend a great deal of time preparing patients for surgery. We talk about the procedure, implants, anesthesia, physical therapy, pain control, and what to expect in the first few weeks. But there is another side of the experience that is much harder to describe unless you have …
#45 – How Can We Treat Joint Replacement Infection Better? Jesse Otero, MD, PhD
Periprosthetic joint infection is one of the most challenging complications in hip and knee replacement. It can transform an operation intended to restore mobility into a prolonged course of additional surgery, antibiotics, rehabilitation, and uncertainty. In Episode 45 of The Joint Replacement Podcast, I sat down with Jesse Otero, MD, …