Specializing in Complex Cases
Our orthopaedic care team provides care for the most specialized cases, including:
- Complex medical cases
- Previous traumatic injury where the patient has developed a condition affecting the repair, such as post-traumatic arthritis
- Revisions, as in replacing a previously replaced joint that has diminished function after years of usage.
Advanced Training
You’re cared for by a team that includes physicians on the orthopaedic teaching staff at the University of Cincinnati Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. These specialists provide care using the most advanced orthopaedic and physical therapy routines. All of our surgeons are certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Our patients have the utmost confidence in their care, knowing our physicians are fellowship-trained and board-certified. Our physician assistants, nurses and support staff have specialized training and certification to help them meet the needs of orthopaedic patients.
Recovering From Joint Replacement Surgery
Following your joint replacement surgery, you’ll stay in the hospital for two to three days on average. Healing and recovery times vary. Your orthopaedic care team will talk with you about your discharge needs, including the kind of assistance you’ll need at home and your rehabilitation program.
A Continued Commitment to Research
Many of our orthopaedic specialists are involved in research in an effort to develop new treatments. The current focus is on fracture-related studies, such as femoral neck fractures, femur fractures and tibial plateau line fractures. The goal is to develop orthopaedic and physical therapy routines for the most advanced patient care.
In 2009, our orthopaedic specialists received approximately $250,000 in awards to fund clinical and basic science research. Currently, there are 25 Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved prospective and retrospective studies underway in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Personalized Joint Replacement Care Plans
No matter what type of joint replacement surgery you require, you can depend on our entire orthopaedic care team to help you determine the best care plan for you, from choosing your specialists to developing a rehabilitation plan to help you reach your optimum level of health.
Joint Replacement Center
Full-Service Orthopaedics Center
University Hospital’s Joint Replacement Center is a full-service orthopaedics center with fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeons. Our orthopaedic specialists provide joint replacement surgery for the knee, hip, shoulder, wrist and small joint replacement of the hand. We also treat other conditions related to replacing or repairing damaged joints.
Joint Replacement Surgery
Theodore Toan Le, M.D., Director, Division of Adult Reconstruction, specializes in total joint replacement and trauma, and serves as a regional specialist for complicated fractures and adult reconstruction. Dr. Le has extensive experience in joint replacement surgery.
Knee
University Hospital’s orthopaedic specialists provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach for the evaluation and treatment for knee joints, including:
Angelo Colosimo, M.D., Director, Division of Sports Medicine, specializes in cartilage restoration, meniscal transplantation, complex knee injuries, knee and shoulder reconstruction, and sports medicine and arthroscopy.
Hip
University Hospital’s orthopaedic specialists provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach for the evaluation and treatment for hip joints, including:
Michael Archdeacon, M.D., Director, Division of Musculoskeletal Traumatology, specializes in trauma, complex fractures and complications. He is also the regional specialist for pelvic and acetabulum fractures, performing over 100 pelvic and acetabular surgeries per year and presenting extensively on both subjects. He is currently working on a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded multi-center study with about 60 participating U.S. sites and totaling approximately $3 million.
Keith Kenter, M.D., Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Program, specializes in sports medicine. He performs a relatively new procedure for hip arthroscopy by addressing intraarticular problems without making a large incision and dislocating the hip joint. We were the first program in the area to perform a staged bilateral hip arthroscopic labral repair.
Dr. Kenter is also a participant for two NIH grants project totaling $4.5 million: “A Developmentally-Based Tissue Engineering Approach to Improve Tendon Repair” and “Anterior Curiae Ligament Injury Mechanisms in Female Athletes: Finite Element Investigation.”
Shoulder
University Hospital Orthopaedics provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach for the evaluation and treatment for shoulder joints, including:
Dr. Kenter specializes in shoulder reconstruction. He also performs several innovative new procedures, such as complex shoulder reconstruction procedures including interposition shoulder replacement surgery in younger patients with arthritis and soft tissue implantation to create ligaments for athletes with instability.
Pre-Surgery Education
University Hospital patients may complete a pre-surgery class led by clinic therapists and nurses in an effort to obtain the best possible outcomes with their joint replacement surgery. Orthopaedic care specialists recommend a program of strength and flexibility training to help patients recover faster following surgery.
Post-Surgery Rehabilitation
Most of our patients remain on our unit throughout the course of their treatment and rehabilitation. Following discharge, they may be referred to a skilled nursing facility for further rehabilitation.