Anterior Approach Hip Replacement by Dr. Peter Thadani
The anterior approach represents an alternative to the conventional way that hip replacements are performed and may offer some significant advantages. The typical pathway, or “approach”, used by surgeons to access the hip joint for hip replacement surgery involves splitting the buttock muscles and cutting muscles in the back, or “posterior” part of the hip joint. With the anterior approach, the hip is accessed from the front and avoids cutting or detaching any muscles. This results in several potential benefits, including: Decreased postoperative pain Faster rehabilitation and...
Dr. Thadani’s Computer Guided Customized Knee Replacement
Knee replacement surgery has been one of the most successful procedures available for improving quality of life that had previously been lost to painful arthritis. Traditional surgical techniques have been used by surgeons to insert the prosthetic devices with great accuracy. However, a new technique has been developed that precisely matches the size and placement of the implant to the patient’s unique anatomy, thereby greatly improving the accuracy of the surgical procedure. Our own Dr. Thadani has been performing this procedure with great success. Click here to learn...
Rip Kord System
The helmet and shoulder pads to be removed from the athlete as soon as the athlete is placed on the spine board. The equipment can be removed without lifting the athlete from the spine board, which potentially could cause further injury and neurologic deterioration to an individual with a cervical spine injury. Improved ability to control body temperature in the event of shock The immediate use a cervical immobilization collar. The ability to manage an athlete’s airway without interference from the chin strap Full access to the chest for CPR in the event of a cardiac emergency Immediate...
Tissue Engineering Advances Orthopedic Medicine
Surgeons at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital are experiencing positive clinical outcomes from a new technique of biologics, or tissue engineering, known as Plasma-rich Platelets (PRP). The concentrated platelets in the PRP injection contain and release growth factors that stimulate bone and soft tissue healing in orthopedic patients. According to orthopedic surgeon Anand Vora, MD: “There are still some controversies surrounding the use or necessity of PRP, but in some cases we have seen tremendous results in faster recoveries with the injection of PRP.” It is not always appropriate or...
Motorola Mobility CEO Gets Back in the Game
New Orthopedic Advances Are Helping “Weekend Warriors” Recover Quickly When Dr. Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola Mobility, headed to his gym to get some exercise, it had been 15 years since he hit a squash ball. The 45-year-old was fit from years of running the hills around his home in San Diego, but one low swing and he heard a popping sound that he thought was the ball ricocheting off the wall. A week later, the pain in his heel told him differently. A colleague urged him to see Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital’s Anand Vora, MD, the foot and ankle surgeon who had repaired his...
New Lindenhurst Illinois Bone and Joint Office Opens
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new medical office building located at 3021 Falling Waters Blvd., Lindenhurst, IL 60046. To make an appointment please call us at
