Orthopedic Care

Orthopedic conditions we treat

Our board-certified orthopedic surgeons provide a full range of orthopedic conditions, including:

• ACL tears
• Arthritis and bursitis
• Broken bones and complex fractures
• Bunions
• Sprains, dislocations, and joint pain
• Carpal and tarsal tunnel syndromes
• Cartilage tears
• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Foot and ankle injuries and deformities including, hammertoes and flat feet
• Ganglion cysts
• Hand injuries
• Sports injuries

We also offer care for achilles injuries, bone spurs, UCL tears, and more. Please call us to learn about all of the orthopedic conditions we treat at the UT Health East Texas Orthopedic Institute.

Our orthopedic treatments and services

Whether you need minimally invasive arthroscopic joint surgery or orthopedic trauma surgery at our Level I Trauma Center, we have an orthopedic specialist who can help restore mobility and get you moving again.

Our fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons specialize in a variety of procedures and services, including:

• Anaerobic power testing
• Arthroscopic surgery for shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle
• Biomechanical evaluation
• Cartilage tear repair and grafting
• Gait analysis and retraining
• Joint injection therapy, including trigger point injections
• Medical acupuncture
• Microscopic nerve and blood vessel surgery
• Microsurgery for hand injury and repair
• Minimally invasive procedures including anterior hip replacement surgery
• Noninvasive orthotripsy treatment for tennis elbow and heel spurs
• Osteopathic manipulation
• Pediatric back pain treatment
• Physical rehabilitation and occupational
• Reconstructive orthopedic surgery
• Regenerative medicine (orthobiologics)
• Sports medicine and treatment of athletic injuries
• Total joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty) including shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee and ankle implants
• Treatment for foot and ankle injuries

Please call us to learn more about our orthopedic services.

Anterior hip replacement surgery

Having a hip replaced can restore a significant amount of quality of life, but it is a serious surgical procedure that patients should understand. Now, with the anterior hip replacement technique, qualified patients can undergo this procedure with less pain and faster recovery time and often see range of motion return almost immediately.

The UT Health East Texas Orthopedic Institute in Tyler, Henderson and Jacksonville offers the anterior approach to hip replacement, or total hip arthroplasty. This procedure allows doctors to perform a hip replacement surgery with a minimally invasive technique, creating multiple benefits for the patient. The surgery utilizes a smaller incision on the front (anterior) of the hip rather than the back or side, generally resulting in less trauma to tissue under the skin.

Patients usually experience several benefits from the anterior approach:

• While traditional hip replacement patients usually stay about three to five days in the hospital, those undergoing anterior hip surgery often have shorter stays – commonly one to two days.
• Patients experience less postoperative pain.
• Following the anterior approach, patients usually enjoy a greater range of movement almost immediately. In most cases, patients are able to use their hip normally without restrictions.
• As the incision is on the front of the hip, patients don’t incur the pain of sitting on the incision site.
• A smaller surgical scar is left by the anterior approach.

Not all patients are candidates for the anterior approach. The results and recovery from hip replacement depend on a multitude of factors including age, weight and activity level. Please consult with your orthopedic surgeon on what’s best for you.

Robot-assisted surgery

Orthopedic surgeons at UT Health Tyler offer new options to patients who have osteoarthritis in their knee but may not need total knee replacement surgery. The MAKO Partial Knee Resurfacing robotic system combines the ability of CT scanning to map out the patient’s anatomy with a system that guides the surgeon, allowing for more precise positioning of the prosthetic implant.

Traditionally, partial knee replacement surgery is less invasive than total replacement procedures, and the patient can retain healthy cartilage, ligaments and other tissue. However, partial knee procedures can be more challenging for surgeons – even a slight misalignment can mean a prosthesis that is short-lived or “feels wrong” to the patient. Because of this, many patients choose to receive a total knee replacement, which has a high satisfaction rate but could mean replacing a lot of healthy tissue.

With the MAKO system, your surgeon selectively targets the part of your knee damaged by osteoarthritis and can resurface your knee while sparing the healthy bone and ligaments surrounding it – only getting rid of the painful areas with robotic-guided precision that begins with imaging before the surgery.

The combination of 3-D scanning and robotically guided cutting helps the physicians create a better joint than was previously possible.

For the patient, surgery with the new system offers several benefits, including smaller incisions, less scaring, reduced blood loss, shorter hospital stays, quicker recovery, and a more natural-feeling knee after less-invasive surgery.

Good candidates for the MAKO partial knee procedure have these characteristics:

• Knee pain on the inner knee, under the kneecap or on the outer knee when active
• Knee pain or stiffness when initiating activities from a sitting position
• Failure to respond to nonsurgical treatments such as rest, weight loss, physical therapy and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication

For more information, call the UT Health East Texas Orthopedic Institute at 903-596-3844.

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