Mar 10, 2022 | News, Orthopedics
Chicago, March 8, 2022 – The Uptown community is about to receive a jolt of positive news. The Chicago Center for Orthopedics at Weiss Memorial Hospital has been recognized for achieving the national standards for safety and quality care in orthopedics. The Joint...
Feb 4, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
An advanced robotic-assisted device offers enhanced benefits to people needing a total knee replacement or partial knee replacement. The benefits include smaller incisions, decreased blood loss and a more rapid recovery. Meet Susan Cusack, 75, an avid pickleball...
Feb 4, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Among the millions of Americans affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are people living with severe knee or hip pain in need of a joint replacement. The shutdown of elective surgical cases throughout the country in early 2020 meant that 300,000 people have had their total...
Feb 3, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Severe hip pain can leave a person feeling depressed and defeated. Challenges with walking and everyday activities – not to mention giving up a favorite sport or active lifestyle – can dramatically alter a person’s outlook on life. But a new technology is giving hip...
Jan 26, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
Chuck Westendorf still remembers the horrifying feeling of having “uneven legs” after hip replacement surgery. “I knew immediately something was wrong,” Westendorf said. “It was as if I grew almost two inches. When I sat, you could see my right knee was about two...
Jan 26, 2022 | News, Orthopedics, Patient Stories
For Joanne Karas, every step meant pain. Born with a congenital hip defect, she underwent surgery at 12 months old and she felt fine until she reached her 40s. After an initial hip replacement, the pain returned and one leg had become noticeably shorter than the...
