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Bone and Joint Center
Mission
St. Mary’s multi-disciplinary orthopaedic services team, along with the Prevea Clinic orthopaedic surgeons, is dedicated to achieving our mission of providing the highest quality orthopaedic healthcare in a caring and collaborative partnership.
About Our Staff
Our group of nine board-certified or board-eligible orthopaedic surgeons specialize in reconstructive and total joint surgery, sports medicine, adult spine surgery, hand surgery, orthopaedic trauma surgery and pediatric orthopaedics and pediatric spine surgery.
What Makes Us Unique
Orthopaedic conditions are on the rise… St. Mary’s Bone and Joint Center provides comprehensive orthopaedic services.
- About 40 million Americans have some type of arthritis – that’s one in seven persons.
- Back pain impacts approximately 40 percent of the population at some time during their life.
- Osteoporosis, a silent, painless disease that causes loss of bone mass, affects seven to eight million Americans – 80 percent of whom are women.
- Fibromyalgia, a syndrome that causes chronic, sometimes debilitating muscle pain and fatigue, affects two percent of the population – most commonly women between the ages of 20 and 60.
These are just a few of the more prevalent conditions causing people to seek help from orthopaedic caregivers. Additionally, treatment of injuries and trauma conditions resulting from excessive use and/or stress to bone and joints and acquired conditions, such as birth defects of the musculoskeletal system, comprise another significant segment requiring orthopaedic care and treatment.
Scope of Services
General Orthopaedics
The core of St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center Orthopaedic Services is the network of Prevea Clinic orthopaedic specialists. This group of nine general and specialty orthopaedic surgeons brings many years of orthopaedic knowledge and expertise to support the extensive array of services and programs available at St. Mary’s.
Adult & Pediatric Orthopaedic Spine Specialty Services
When a patient needs care for any spine problem, the spine specialists of Prevea Clinic have expertise in diagnosing and treating acute and chronic diseases of the spine. Scoliosis treatment is a particular speciality.
Joint Replacement & Revision Services
Joint replacement surgery is one are where significant strides in materials and techniques have improved outcomes and reduced costs for patients needing surgery. Depending on the patient’s age, activity level and general health, the orthopaedic surgeons choose the most appropriate and cost-effective artificial joint component to improve the quality of life for the patient.
Sports Medicine Programs
A team of physician specialists, physical therapists and athletic trainers helps athletes of all ages with fitness training and conditioning to enhance performance abilities and prevent injuries. When injuries do occur, our rehabilitation therapists use advanced therapeutic techniques and a personalized treatment plan to restore the patient’s health and active lifestyle.
Orthopaedic Hand Specialty Services
When patients need specialized treatment for hand or upper extremity problems, our specialists have expertise in hand surgery with microvascular reattachment capabilities. Hand therapy is available after surgery and for injuries, fractures, amputations and arthritis.
Pain Management Services
Reducing the disability that occurs with chronic, untreated pain is the focus of our medically and behaviorally-based pain management program. Using various modalities for relieving pain, reducing dependency on pain medication and restoring physical condition, our pain specialists work to restore patients to their highest level of functioning at work and/or home.
Rehabilitation Services
A multidisciplinary team of physicians, physical and occupational therapists, athletic trainers, nurses and discharge planners help patients following surgery, fractures, amputation, work injury, sprain or strain. A full range of exercise and therapeutic equipment is available at St. Mary’s rehabilitation services department to aid patients in regaining their mobility and highest level of independence.
Emergency & First Care Services
When sudden injury or illness is the cause of a bone or joint problem, our team of orthopaedic and emergency physicians, along with our surgery staff, are ready 24 hours a day to treat those emergencies.
First Care provides 24-hour care for minor injuries and illnesses. No appointment is needed. First Care is located in the emergency department.
Continuum of Care Services
Pre-Admission Program
Our pre-admission program offers a nursing assessment, complete lab work, nutritional consultation, training with physical therapists, home evaluation and meeting with a discharge planner.
Nutritional Clinics
Registered dietitians are available to help patients lose weight or alter their eating habits in order to ensure a successful post-surgery recovery. Assessments and counseling sessions are offered on an individual basis both pre and post-operatively.
Home Health Services
For patients needing care after discharge, the Home Health program provides nurses and therapists for home visits. Therapists will conduct an evaluation of the home to ensure a safe environment for the patient during recovery. The physician’s orders for care and therapy are followed and the patient’s physician receives routine communication regarding the patient’s prognosis.
Discharge Planning
A discharge planner is available to speak with any patient prior to or during hospitalization to assist in making arrangements for care following discharge.
Inpatient and Ambulatory Surgical Services
The St. Mary’s Hospital Medical Center surgery and nursing staff works in state-of-the-art surgical suites with the latest technology. The staff takes part in ongoing education programs and training to ensure they are knowledgeable and able to assist the surgeons during all phases of surgery.
St Mary’s offers the orthopaedic surgeon the option of doing less complex orthopaedic surgeries in a Minor Procedure Room. This area provides the patient a cost-effective service while still providing all the necessary surgical equipment and same expert staff.
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