Commonwealth Orthopaedics Magazine

In This Isssue

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Advances in knee replacement
Variety of implants and procedures improve outcomes

Hip resurfacing can be best option
Younger patients can improve quality of life with new procedure

Slow steps to joint replacement
Patients learn their treatment options before surgery

Excellent joint surgery outcomes
Commonwealth replacement patients report high satisfaction

Athlete regains his edge
Minimally invasive surgery restores full activity

Not your dad’s artificial hip
Implant refinements improve patient outcomes

Guidance for joint surgeons
Computer-assisted surgery improves hip and knee replacement

Commonwealth opens Lansdowne office

New knee? Get moving!
One-on-one coaching reactivates patients after surgery

Advancing surgical skills
Hands-on lab teaches shoulder arthroscopy techniques

Shoulder joint replacement
Achieving pain relief and regaining mobility

 

 

 

 

Commonweatlh Orthopaedics Published Articles

Physician	Article	Magazine	Date
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis of the Pes Anserine Bursa: A Case Report	The Journal of Knee Surgery	2007
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Acquired Madelung-type Deformity in a Gymnast: A Case Report	Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise	2007
D. Andrew Parker MD	Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction	Orthopaedics	Coming in 2007
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Synovial Chondromatosis	emedicine.com	2006
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Combined ligament injuries	Surgical Atlas of Knee Surgery	2006
D. Andrew Parker MD	Restoring Cartilage: New Treatment Methods Offer Options for Patients with Knee Damage	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2006
David W. Romness, MD	Playing it Safe:  Slow return to activity ensures joint replacemnt success	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2006
Robert M. Dombrowski, MD	Advances in Arthroscopic Surgery:  Improved techniques provide options for treatment of shoulder instability	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2006
George Aguiar, MD	Hands Down, Hands-On Instruction is Best	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2006
Steven S. Hughes, MD	Multilevel Cervical Corpectomy and Fibular Strut Grafting, Intermediate Clinical and Radiographic Follow-up	Spine	2006
Steven S. Hughes, MD	Adjacent Segment Disease in the Cervical Spine, Review of Current Knowledge, Seminars in Spine Surgery	Seminars in Spine Surgery	2006
Mark C. Hartley, MD; Mark P. Madden, MD; Bruce C. Zimmer, MD	The Ins and Outs of Minimally Invasive Total Joint Arthroplasty	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2005
David W. Romness, MD	Let's Get Physical:  The Truth about Exercise's Benefits for Arthritis	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2005
Ronald C. Childs, MD	Replacement Technology Moves to the Spine:  Artificial Disc Offers Motion-Preserving Alternative to Spinal Fusion	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2005
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Getting Back in the Game:  Treatment Options for Athletes with Knee Injuries	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2005
David J. Novak, MD	Treating Rotator Cuff Tears:  Arthroscopic Approach Offers Less Pain, Speeds Recovery	Commonwealth Orthopaedics	2005
Frank A. Pettrone, MD	ECSWT for Lateral Epicondylitis	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	2005
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Combined ligament Injuries	Surgical Atlas of Knee Surgery	2005
Daniel E. Thompson, MD	Prospective Outcomes of Thumb Carpometacarpal Arthritis Treated with Arthroscopic Hemitrapeziectomy:   Minimum Follow-Up of Two Years	Poster Presentation Eastern Orthopaedic Association	2005
Daniel E. Thompson, MD	White Leghorn Chick Embryos as a Model for Embryonic Tendon Healing in Ovo	Presented at Orthopaedic Research Society	2005
William A. Hazel, Jr., MD	Oklahoma's Optometrists Encroach on Surgical Rights of Opthamologists:  Place Politics Above Patient Safety	Archives of Opthamology	2005
Frank A. Pettrone, MD	Comparison of Shoulder Stabilization-Arthroscopic vs. Open	American Jounal of Sports Medicine	2004
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Patellar Tendon Ruptures	emedicine.com	2003
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Isolated and combined PCL and Posterolateral Corner Injuries	Knee Ligaments: Structure, Function, Injury and Repair, 2nd edition	2003
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	PCL Injuries in the Child	DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 2nd Edition	2003
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	PCL Injuries in the Adult	DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, 2nd Edition	2003
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Management of the Failed Back Syndrome	Spine Surgery: Master Cases	2001
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Evaluation and treatment of recurrent instability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	Instructional Course Lectures, Vol. 50, American Academy of Othopaedic Surgeons	2001
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Thermal capsulorrhaphy for instability of the shoulder: Multidirectional and posterior instabilities	Instructional Course Lectures, Vol. 50, American Academy of Othopaedic Surgeons	2001
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Primary Repair of Osteochondral and Chondral Injury	Oper Tech Orthop	2001
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Evaluation and treatment of recurrent instability after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	2000
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	PCL reconstruction	Current Orthopaedics	2000
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	A New Approach to Root Tears of the Lateral Meniscus	Pitt Orthopaedic Journal	2000
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Head and Neck Injuries in Ice Hockey	Pitt Orthopaedic Journal	2000
Steven S. Hughes, MD	Results of Surgery for Spinal Stenosis Adfacent to Previous Lumbar Fusion	Journal of Spinal Disorders	2000
D. Andrew Parker MD, et.al.	The Effect of Cigarette Smoking and Smoking Cessation on Spinal Fusion	Spine	2000
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	When back surgery fails: What’s the next step?	Musculoskeletal Medicine Journal	1999
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Chronic Ankle Instability	Trauma	1999
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Intracapsular Femoral Fractures	Trauma	1999
Christopher C. Annunziata, MD	Composite Allograft Hemi-Endoprosthetic Replacement in Tumors of the Proximal Tibia	Combined Meeting of the American and European Musculoskeletal Tumor Societies	1998
Frank A. Pettrone, MD	Arthroscopic Transglenoid Suture Capsule-Labral Repair-Five Year Follow-Up	American Jounal of Sports Medicine	1997
Daniel E. Thompson, MD	Polysrystalline Diamond Compact as a Candidate for Total Joint Bearing Surfaces	Presented at International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty Conference	1997
Steven S. Hughes, MD	Failed Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Arthrodesis:  Analysis and Treatment of 35 Patients	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	1997
D. Andrew Parker MD, et.al.	Factors Affecting Growth in Very, Very Low Birth Weight Infants	Infant Behavior and Development:Special International Conference in Infant Studies Issue	1996
Steven S. Hughes, MD	Translaminar Lumbar Epidural Endoscopy.  Anatomy, Technique, and Indications.	Arthroscopy; The Journal of the Southern Orthopaedic Association	1996; 1998
William A. Hazel, Jr., MD	Results in Meniscectomy in the Knee with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	1993
Frank A. Pettrone, MD	Comparison of MRI, Ultrasound, Arthrography, Arthroscopy in the Diagnosis of Shoulder Pain	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	1991
Frank A. Pettrone, MD	High Tibial Osteotomy in Patients Over 60	American Journal of Knee Surgery	1990
William A. Hazel, Jr., MD	Results of Partial Meniscectomy in the Knee with Anterior Cruciate Ligament Deficiency	Presented to the Canadian Orthopaedic Association	1989
William A. Hazel, Jr., MD	Anterior Knee Pain	Mayo Clinic Procedure	1988
William A. Hazel, Jr., MD	Vertebral Fractures without Neurological Deficit-Long Term follow-up study	The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery	1988