Dr. Robert J. Avino is a board certified and fellowship trained adult hip and knee reconstruction surgeon, offering the latest surgical techniques with robotic technology to achieve superior outcomes with decreased pain. Dr. Avino specializes in robotic direct anterior approach hip replacement, robotic knee replacement, with a focus on individualized, high-quality care. Dr. Avino offers same-day hip and knee replacement, allowing patients to recover at home.
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Direct anterior hip replacement is a minimally invasive hip surgery to replace the hip joint without cutting through any muscles or tendons as against traditional hip replacement that involves cutting major muscles to access the hip joint.
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Robotic total hip replacement is a minimally invasive procedure where your surgeon is assisted by a robotic system to perform a total hip replacement surgery.
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Robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery is an alternative to the conventional knee replacement procedure.
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Robotic-assisted partial knee surgery is an innovative alternative to the conventional surgical procedure to treat degenerative knee diseases such as osteoarthritis.
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Revision hip replacement is a complex surgical procedure in which all or part of a previously implanted hip joint is replaced with a new artificial hip joint.
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Revision knee replacement surgery involves replacing a part or all your previous knee prosthesis with a new prosthesis.
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A very small percentage of patients (less than 1%) who undergo hip replacement may develop an infection around the hip joint following surgery.
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Periprosthetic knee fracture fixation is a procedure performed to stabilize a fracture that occurs in the bone present around a knee prosthesis.
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Hip hemiarthroplasty is a surgical technique employed to treat hip fractures. In this procedure, only one half (ball section) of the hip joint is substituted by a metal prosthesis.
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A very small percentage of patients (less than 1%) who undergo knee replacement may develop an infection around the knee joint. This infection is called a periprosthetic knee infection.
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Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the damaged cartilage and bone are removed from the hip joint and replaced with artificial components.
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Cortisone is a corticosteroid released by the adrenal gland in response to stress and is a potent anti-inflammatory agent.
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Viscosupplementation refers to the injection of a hyaluronan preparation into the joint.
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