More than 650,000 total joint replacements are performed each year by orthopedic surgeons nationwide. One of the most innovative orthopedic programs for joint preservation, resurfacing and replacement is located at Washington University Orthopedics. Our team of medical specialists, nurses, rehabilitation therapists and physiatrists is committed to providing comprehensive services for joint preservation, reconstruction, and partial or total joint replacement.

Among the procedures we provide are:

• Total joint replacements (hip and knee)
• Revision total joint replacement (for patients suffering from failed implants due to loosening or fracture)
• Mini-incision unicondylar knee arthroplasty (MIS UKA and TKA)
• Patient specific cutting guides for TKA
• Hip resurfacing
• Osteotomies (joint preserving operations of the hip and knee)
• Core decompression and bone grafting procedures
• Hip impingement procedures
• Hip and knee arthroscopy
• Arthrodesis (for end-stage degenerative disease in young adults)