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Director of Hip Arthroscopy, NYUBoard-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Board-Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon with interests in treating athletic injuries
- Specializes in Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the shoulder, hip and knee.
- Special interests include joint preservation surgery for the active patient
- Performs cutting edge procedures such as arthroscopic hip labral reconstruction, open femoral and tibial osteotomies for joint preservation, arthroscopic-assisted core decompression for AVN, shoulder reconstruction for instability, and same day total knee and total shoulder replacements.
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Orthopedic surgery generally safe for patients age 80 and older

Posted on: 08 June, 2017

Over the past decade, a greater number of patients, age 80 and older, are having elective orthopaedic surgery. A new study appearing in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS) found that these surgeries are generally safe with mortality rates decreasing for total hip (THR) and total knee (TKR) replacement and spinal fusion surgeries, and complication rates decreasing for total knee replacement and spinal fusion in patients with few or no comorbidities (other conditions or diseases).