Joint Centers
About University Orthopedics — a regional center for hip, knee and shoulder joint replacement with offices in Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts
University Orthopedics is based in Providence, Rhode Island, with additional offices in Southeastern Massachusetts. University Orthopedics is a regional referral center for patients with back and neck pain, joint pain, sports medicine problems, shoulder pain, hand problems, hip and knee pain, and foot and ankle injury.
UOI includes more than 40 board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeons and sports medicine specialists. These specialists are also faculty members of the Department of Orthopaedics at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University who teach medical students, orthopedic residents, and fellowship subspecialty surgeons. University Orthopedics leads the way with Basic and Clinical orthopedic research on the latest advances in orthopedic surgery and injury prevention.
The affiliation with Brown Alpert Medical School enables new orthopedic surgeons to learn the most advanced surgical techniques by working hand in hand with the experienced spine surgeons, hand surgeons, joint replacement surgeons, foot & ankle surgeons and sports medicine specialists at University Orthopedics.
We believe that the best quality healthcare comes from a well-informed patient. Consequently, have an online encyclopedia on orthopedic problems and treatments, including hip joint replacement, knee joint replacement, shoulder joint replacement and reverse shoulder joint replacement. Within this site a person will find symptom charts, narrated videos on various treatments and surgical procedures, information on when symptoms need to be seen by a physician, and how to choose the best physician for joint pain and joint replacement. The center can also provide information on how to get a second opinion for hip joint replacement surgery, knee joint replacement surgery and shoulder replacement surgery. The web site also provides advice on how to search for the right specialist.
About the University Orthopedics Joint Replacement Center
The Joint Replacement Center at University Orthopedics includes a team of physicians, physician assistants and therapists working together to assess and resolve your joint problem. This can include a variety of specialists at University Orthopedics, including joint replacement surgeons and sports medicine specialists.
While total joint replacement can be performed on a variety of joints in the body, including the ankle, shoulder, fingers, and elbow, the most common joint replacement relates to hip, knee and shoulder replacement.
Joint replacement surgery is a specialty unto itself. Because infection involving the bone can be disastrous, the operating suite must be set up for joint replacement to lessen risk of bone infection during the surgery. Joint replacement surgery is best performed by specialists who are board-certified orthopaedic surgeons. This training enables the physician to include non-surgical treatment options to relieve joint pain, or use less invasive surgeries that can relieve joint pain symptoms and restore motion. When all those options have been exhausted, then the joint replacement surgeon will consider and advise complete replacement of the damaged joint with an artificial joint implant.
The specialists at the Joint Replacement Center at University Orthopedics are also trained in minimally invasive joint replacement surgery, and make use of the most advanced surgical implants.
The goals of joint replacement
Working a lifetime should reward a person in retirement with activity and recreation. However, for many people approaching retirement, dreams of activity clash with the reality of daily hip, knee and shoulder pain. These joint pain symptoms prevent many people from enjoying recreational activities like golf, tennis, pickle ball — or even simply being able to enjoy long distance travel and sightseeing where extensive walking is required.
Thanks to joint replacement surgery, most people however are able to quickly regain function with the implantation of an artificial joints for the hip, knee and shoulder.
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), each year nearly 250,000 hip replacement surgeries are performed with the goal of helping patients regain their ability to walk and play their favorite recreational sport. As to knee joint replacement, in the U.S. there are more than 500,000 total knee replacements and that is expected to increase with the aging of the baby boom population. Interestingly, of all knee replacements, about 65% of these knee replacement patients are women.
Our Joint Replacement Center team specializes in finding the most appropriate treatment for all types of joint problems. We are referred some of the most complex cases on the East Coast, Rhode Island, and Southeast Massachusetts.