Orthopaedics

Diagnosis and individualized treatment of osteonecrosis, with particular expertise in hip-preserving surgery such as impaction bone grafting of the femoral head, stem-cell transplantation and extracorporeal shock-wave therapy; diagnosis and treatment of hip and knee diseases such as osteoarthritis, developmental dysplasia of the hip, adult and pediatric hip dislocation, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and traumatic arthritis, especially staged treatment of osteoarthritis and minimally invasive hip and knee arthroplasty; sports-medicine conditions such as meniscal injury, cruciate ligament tear and rotator-cuff injury; management of adult and pediatric limb fractures and dislocations, including femoral-neck and intertrochanteric fractures, especially periarticular injuries; treatment of osteoporosis and low-back and leg pain; and limb-sparing treatment of bone and soft-tissue tumors.

Specializes in ultrasound-guided injections into soft tissues and joints such as the knee, shoulder, hip and sacroiliac joints (medications, PRP, sodium hyaluronate, etc.) and radiofrequency treatment; ultrasound-guided nerve blocks and release therapy; CT- or ultrasound-guided injections and radiofrequency ablation for cervical and lumbar spine pain, spinal-cord stimulation, and physical treatment of soft-tissue pain, nonunion and other conditions.

Diagnosis and treatment of common limb injuries and fractures, patellar tendinitis, Achilles tendinitis, and other enthesopathies; hip- and knee-preserving treatments such as core decompression of the femoral head, arthroscopy, and unicompartmental replacement, as well as end-stage joint replacement.

Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of sports injuries, such as minimally invasive arthroscopic knee, shoulder, and wrist surgery (meniscal repair, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction, patellar dislocation reconstruction, rotator cuff repair, shoulder impingement syndrome, and triangular fibrocartilage complex injury repair of the wrist).

Specializes in surgery for congenital deformities in children (congenital hip dislocation, congenital clubfoot, congenital coxa vara, congenital torticollis, congenital patellar dislocation, congenital discoid cartilage, and others), pediatric bone diseases (avascular necrosis of the femoral head, various bone tumors, genu varum and valgum, and others), and fractures and epiphyseal injuries at all sites