Center for Orthopaedics is committed to providing excellence in orthopaedic care. Our goal is to provide the most advanced care available and to make sure that our patients understand their condition and their treatment options. This purpose of this website is to further this commitment, by providing comprehensive educational information about all aspects of orthopaedic care for patients and healthcare professionals.
LINKS Hospitals where we perform surgery: CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Stryker Navigation Our Navigation systems offer surgeons the ability to use electronic imaging to accurately track in real time where the instruments are relative to the patient anatomy during the operation. By combining computers, infrared cameras and wireless instruments, these systems give surgeons far more accuracy than ever before in neuro, ENT, joint replacement surgery, spine and trauma procedures. Our Navigation equipment helps surgeons to align things better, to see more clearly and to instantly adjust to the unique anatomies of different individuals. Our systems are redefining the way surgeries are performed. Innovations in Minimally Invasive Knee Arthroplasty A total knee replacement procedure that minimizes everything except patient satisfaction. Knee Replacement Surgery Information This website provides key facts about knee replacement surgery and related issues for patients and their families. Supartz - Joint Fluid Therapy Joint Fluid Therapy can provide welcome relief from knee pain caused by osteoarthritis. SUPARTZ Joint Fluid Therapy, the world’s most prescribed Joint Fluid Therapy, has proved safe and effective according to years of clinical experience. With 119 million dosages sold worldwide since 1987, SUPARTZ Joint Fluid Therapy has many success stories. Yours could be the next one. American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons The Home page of the AAOS is your source for the latest legislative, educational, healthcare policy, and research information. The site includes the by-laws and position papers of the AAOS, and the latest federal and state laws enacted that pertain to the practice of orthopedics and medicine. Orthopaedic Research Society This site provides information about the organization's mission and fall newsletter, the annual meeting, and access to the table of contents for past and current issues of the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, through which the musculoskeletal community communicates the current state of orthopedic research. Orthopedics Today Current and back issues of Orthopedics Today written for orthopedic surgeons. Site includes breaking news, specialty forums, online seminars, and a shopping mall that lists product information and a venue for contacting the manufacturer with questions. Arthroscopy Association of North America The AANA Web site provides support services for members, including a member directory, description of the annual meeting, and other instructional courses that offer CME. Scholarships and fellowships available are listed. You can learn about the latest in arthroscopy research by searching lectures presented at previous AANA meetings. Journals of the AMA All editorial material from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the American Medical Association's (AMA) Archives Journals is now available online through the AMA Publications Web site. Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Cited in Index Medicus and Medline, this is the official peer-reviewed journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Only abstracts are available to nonsubscribers; full text is available to AAOS members. The American Journal of Sports Medicine American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine publishes The American Journal of Sports Medicine. This site lists all the editions of the journal printed since May-June 1997 and allows access to abstracts of selected articles in each journal. The National Athletic Trainers' Association The mission of the National Athletic Trainers' Association is to enhance the quality of health care for athletes and those engaged in physical activity, and to advance the profession of athletic training through education and research in the prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries. The Arthritis Foundation For centuries men and women, young and old, have been affected by a disease in which little was known except its symptoms. But in 1948, a group of scientists and physicians came together to take action against this condition called arthritis. Perhaps heartened by breakthroughs in medicine, this community of scientists envisioned a day when a cure for arthritis would be discovered and the millions of people with arthritis would no longer suffer. Their actions resulted in the formation of the Arthritis Foundation