Dr. Douglas B. Unis, Orthopaedic Surgeon - Anterior & Revision Hip Replacement, New York

Direct Anterior Hip Replacement is a technique in which hip replacement surgery is performed through an alternative approach compared to conventional hip replacement surgery.

Historically, hip replacement surgery was performed utilizing traditional posterior or lateral approaches. This necessitates that certain muscles or tendons are cut in order to access the hip joint and perform the surgery.

Minimally Invasive Total Knee Replacement

Total knee replacement (knee arthroplasty) is a surgery that is performed for severe degenerative disease of the knee joint.

Minimally invasive total knee replacement involves the use of a smaller incision than the one used in traditional knee replacement.

Unicondylar Knee Replacement
means that only a part of the knee joint is replaced through a smaller incision than would normally be used for a total knee replacement.

Unicondylar Knee Replacements have been performed since the early 1970's with mixed success.

Douglas B. Unis, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in Manhattan, New York City. Dr. Unis earned his medical degree...


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