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I have run my fellowship program in Phoenix for many years. It was initiated in 1983, upon my arrival from UCLA. I have had the good fortune and honor to have taught 40 fellows, to date, and all have left my fellowship to join practices throughout the country.
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I developed the turn-up/turn-down procedure done for high-riding congenital dislocation of the hip and was on the team that developed the PCA Hip and the PCA Knee.
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Looks Good, Feels Bad
What makes a successful knee replacement? Is it successful implantation of the device in an acceptable alignment, or are there other factors?
I believe that successful implantation of the device is perhaps less than a half of the overall outcome of a successful total knee replacement. Obviously, the components need to be placed in the desired position and in the correct alignment, so that when one is done the patient’s leg is in acceptable anatomic alignment. There is some variability here that probably, if it is just simply a matter of two or three degrees, is not critical. However, larger deviations from this type of alignment leaves the patient and surgeon very unhappy.
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