Our orthopedic Franco division
has a excellent faculty.
They are the finest surgeons you
can find in the country. They're
recognizing their feel for the
expertise in Franco surgeries.
I typically treat athletes whether
it be a tendon injury or a fracture
that they sustained or any ligament
laxity that they may have from
an unresolved injury. A lot
of what I deal with is patients
who've had previous foot surgery
and it hasn't healed well.
My service includes for ankle
reconstruction, deformity correction,
toe ankle replacement, toe replacement,
Arthroscopy, fracture repair and
everything that relates to ankle
conditions. We do everything.
We're not so specialized.
But when it comes to those
most complex patients,
what's great about Yale is that
we always have someone we can go
to and being able to just at the
snap of the fingers involve some
of the best experts in the world.
Is is great as a doctor because you
know that you're giving that patient
the most up to date information and
the most cutting edge technology
to give them the best outcome.
At Yale Orthopaedics,
we are lucky to have resources
that allow us to apply the latest
available technology such as
weight bearing CT and 3D computer
remodelling for surgical planning.
This helps to optimize our surgical
techniques down to a millimetre scale.
Instead of relying on estimation
during the procedure,
we execute a well defined surgical
plan to optimize the outcome.
I'm really excited to talk about
needle Arthroscopy because it's
this new technology that utilizes
a 1.9mm camera and it allows us to
see into a joint and treat pathology
without these big incisions that no
longer can damage iatrogenically.
The cartilage that's in there.
It's very delicate and and I really
think it's the future of Arthroscopy.
What I am most specialized in when
it comes to 4 foot and deformity
concerns is helping patients have an
accelerated recovery using some of the
most innovative and strongest devices
and soft tissue fixation devices.
What we're doing is both looking
at research outcomes and looking at
new types of materials and fixation
devices in terms of giving those
patients a really rapid recovery.
Another thing that we provide at Yale
is the use of orthobiologics and this
can range from concentrated bone marrow,
aspirate, platelet rich plasma,
sometimes even adipose
derived stem cells as well.
But what's important is knowing
the proper indication for patients
and and what they can be utilized
for what they can maybe be an
adjunct for to help with the repair
process and healing. Our
ultimate goal is to preserve our
patients natural joint motion to
maximize their mobility and I feel that
every patient has a different goal
and we have to achieve a different
things for each individual patient.
So I believe in personalized
medicine and that our plan has to
be personalized for each patient.
You're going to get an academic
approach that's going to be
different than the typical orthopedic
practice you're going to go to.
There's a very team centered and evidence
based approach to give you the best
likelihood of a really good outcome.
We are going to be looking at you know,
prospective and retrospective studies
as well as you know, clinical trials.
We're going to be starting on
so that we're at the forefront
of all of this new technology.
We're going to take on the
most complex patients to us.
Those are the patients
that need us the most. It's
going to be a place where people
look to, to say, you know what,
I have a foot and ankle injury
and I want to go to the best.
Seeing our patients return to clinic
with improved ability to walk,
better mobility and sometimes seeing
smiles on their face continues
to motivate us to do our work.