Musculoskeletal

A center of excellence in orthopedic care, Jefferson’s Department of Orthopedic Surgery enjoys a reputation as one of the most advanced and active programs in the nation. With nearly 9,000 procedures annually, it is among the nation’s 10 busiest orthopedic surgery departments.

Orthopedic surgeons at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson are the region’s first lead investigators in human studies evaluating bone morphogenic proteins with improved spinal fusion to treat spinal disorders.

• Jefferson Hospital was ranked Philadelphia’s top hospital and 19th in the nation for orthopedics: U.S.News & World Report
• Jeff achieves excellent outcomes for minimally invasive hip and knee replacement
• Jefferson orthopedic surgeons perform the largest number of total ankle replacements in the region.
• Jefferson orthopedic surgeons were the region’s first to perform cartilage transplantation for patients with bilateral knee cartilage defects.
• Jefferson Hospital is the only one in the Delaware Valley and among about 15 centers nationwide participating in an FDA trial of porous coated motion devices for cervical disk replacements.
• Jefferson orthopedic specialists are performing the Ganz osteotomy to treat painful hip dysplasia in adults. Sometimes called congenital hip dislocation or developmental dislocation of the hip, hip dysplasia describes a shallow socket and an “ill fitting” hip joint. This special orthopedic procedure offers adults with hip dysplasia a surgical treatment that delays and perhaps precludes the need for a hip replacement, while providing relief from pain and improved quality of life.
• Jefferson orthopedic surgeons have developed an improved hip design featuring ceramic bearings for new and longer-lasting
  implants and to further reduce the need for revision surgery.
• At Rothman Institute at Jefferson, orthopedic surgeons use a less invasive surgical procedure for total hip replacement. Their skill and experience using the four- to-six inch incision may also reduce the risk of infection and result in a shorter hospital stay, less blood loss, less post-operative pain and easier rehabilitation for patients. They demonstrated
  the procedure in a webcast, which may be viewed at www.JeffersonHospital.org/webcast
• To achieve maximum precision accuracy in placement of joints, Jefferson’s orthopedic surgeons are evaluating the effectiveness of computer-assisted navigation for joint replacement procedures.
• Jefferson’s orthopedic research team is regenerating spinal disk cells in an oxygendeprived environment offering promise to many who experience pain and disability from degenerative disk disease.
• Jeff is the only hospital in the region to offer a new computer-assisted procedure to replace arthritic areas of the knee with special implants.