Hip & Knee

Here you will find thorough explanations of a range of hip and knee procedures, as well as instructions for patients who undergo these procedures.

General Post-Operative Instructions Following total knee arthroplasty, you will be involved with several care providers. Our office will coordinate physical therapy and home health to make sure that...
Post Operative Instructions Arthroscopy of the knee is done as an outpatient procedure. Some of the most common knee arthroscopy procedures I perform are listed below. You were given a set of...
Post Operative Instructions Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction is usually done with a graft from one of two sources: from a donor (allograft) or from your own tissue (autograft). In each case...
Patients who choose to undergo total knee replacement will benefit from the most exciting use of technology in orthopaedics in the last decade, according to Asheville orthopaedist Dr. Tally H....
Post Operative Instructions Meniscal repair is usually performed in conjunction with anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, but occasionally is performed as an isolated procedure. Specific to...
There have been a myriad of changes during the past 10 years in the management of patients with hip pain. Improvements in implants, refinements in surgical techniques, and advances in non-...
Traditional Total Hip Replacement is a great procedure with excellent results for a vast majority of patients. It remains the standard treatment for end stage hip arthritis. However, hip replacement...
  A knee has three compartments; one where the knee cap [patella] moves back and forth on the thigh bone [femur] and two weight bearing compartments where the femur moves upon the tibia...
ACL tears are one of the most common (and most well known) injuries of the knee, and are more common among athletes who participate in intense running and jumping sports. The cruciate ligaments are...