Monthly Archives: February 2019

Lateral Patellar Compression Syndrome

This is a condition where your kneecap is tilted and compresses on the femoral groove abnormally. Imaged below is a picture of a kneecap joint with lateral patellar compression syndrome. You can see where on the right side the bones are touching each other and on the left side there’s a big open space. There… Read more »

Having a Great Week with Genevieve Jacobs, M.D.

Seeing all kinds of cool orthopaedic stuff! Today we have the privilege of treating one of our University of Louisville Women’s basketball team season ticket holders. She was giving us the scoop on the U of L vs U Conn win. So proud of our lady Cards!!!

Reducing a Fracture in the Operating Room

You would think in this day and age of high technology we would have something more technologically advanced to reduce a fracture in the operating room. However, we still use old-fashioned bone reduction clamps to hold the broken bones together while we are fixing the fracture. Imaged below are two different bone reduction clamps that… Read more »

Ice = Broken Ankles

The fibula bone has a spiral fracture and the mortise has been disrupted. A strong stainless steel plate and 11 screws did the trick. Six weeks on crutches, followed by six weeks of PT and lots of home exercises, then this gal will be ready to hit the tennis court again.     

When a Screw Comes Loose

Why do you think the lady imaged below cannot get her shoe to fit anymore ? And yes, she truly does have a “screw loose” 😜 She presented with the screw head almost pushing through the skin as you can see in the image with the yellow arrow. The patient had surgery about 15 years ago by… Read more »

How Screws Are Used in Orthopaedic Surgeries

How do we accurately place screws in the knee and shoulder joints when we are using an arthroscope or even in some open surgeries? We use a technique called cannulation. A guide pin, which is quite small and commonly around 3 mm in diameter or smaller, is placed. If the guide pin is not in… Read more »

Broken Hip?

Yikes!!! My patient broke both hips in the same year. Where you break your hip will determine what type of surgery you will need to have performed. On the left side she broke her hip in the intertrochanteric region of the hip joint. That type of fracture is treated with the intramedullary hip screw and… Read more »