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The Achilles tendons are thick and powerful bands of fibrous tissue. They connect your calf muscles to your heel bones. The tendons help you walk, run, and jump. And that means they are under a lot of stress, making injuries to the Achilles…

This procedure repairs your knee after a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament (commonly called the "ACL"). This ligament is in the center of the knee. It helps anchor the femur to the tibia. This surgery can allow you to regain normal knee…

This procedure replaces a damaged or torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with a portion of hamstring tendon from the patient's leg. The ACL connects the front top of the tibia (lower leg bone) to the rear bottom of the femur (thigh bone). The…

Ankle arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that orthopaedic surgeons use to treat problems in the ankle joint. Ankle arthroscopy uses a thin fiber-optic camera (arthroscope) that can magnify and transmit images of the ankle to a…

During this procedure, the surgeon removes diseased or damaged portions of the ankle. The surgeon implants an artificial ankle joint consisting of metal and plastic components. The new joint will help reduce pain and restore mobility to the ankle…

This injury is a tearing of the ACL ligament in the knee joint. The ACL ligament is one of the bands of tissue that connects the femur to the tibia. An ACL tear can be painful. It can cause the knee to become unstable.

If you have a painful shoulder, you may have a torn labrum. That's a tear of the thick band of tissue around your shoulder socket. A torn labrum can be fixed with a procedure called a "Bankart repair."

Pain in the basal joint caused by arthritis makes it difficult for patients to grip and hold or twist objects between the thumb and fingers. This surgical procedure removes and rebuilds the basal joint.

This surgery repairs a biceps tendon in your shoulder. It fixes a tendon that is partially torn, or completely torn, from the bone.

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The BIRMINGHAM HIP™ Resurfacing System (BHR™) is the global market hip resurfacing system with over 100,000 implantations worldwide. Introduced in 1997, the BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing System was designed using…

This is an irritation or swelling of the trochanteric bursa. This small, fluid-filled sac is found on the outer side of the femur. It acts as a cushion for the iliotibial band, a thick tendon in your leg.

Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a nerve compression disorder at the wrist that causes numbness, tingling, and pain in the thumb and fingers. Initially, it can be treated with splinting and injections, but…

Pain, numbness, and tingling in your hand may be from carpal tunnel syndrome. It happens when the area around the main nerve to your hand is too tight. The nerve is called the median nerve. And the small space in your wrist where it passes is…

This outpatient procedure is designed to repair a damaged Achilles tendon. During the procedure, injured and scarred tissue is removed. This can reduce or eliminate the pain of tendonitis.

There are four primary diseases of the hip that may indicate the need for BIRMINGHAM HIP Resurfacing:

Osteoarthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Developmental Dysplasia
Avascular Necrosis

Osteoarthritis

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This condition is a break of the radius bone at the wrist. The radius is the larger of the two bones that connect the wrist to the elbow. The other bone is called the ulna. The radius supports the majority of forces at the wrist joint with its…

Dupuytren’s contracture, or Dupuytren’s disease, is a common, benign condition of the palm where connective tissue grows, causing nodules and rope-like cords to form below the skin. Over time, the connective tissue tightens and thickens, leading…

Xiaflex® (Collagenase) Injections

Dr. Master has received extensive training in the use of Xiaflex (collagenase) to treat Dupuytren’s disease (a contracture of the fingers). Patients benefit from this technique greatly because it allows…

The facet joints, found on both sides of the back of the spine, can become painfully irritated or inflamed. A facet joint injection may help diagnose the source of a patient's pain. It can also relieve pain and inflammation.

This is a problem with the hip joint. In a healthy hip, the ball of the femur is smooth and round. It fits perfectly into the hip socket. But with this condition, the ball, the socket, or both the ball and the socket are shaped poorly. They don't…