Orthopedic Surgery
Our Gulf Coast Medical Group team’s goal is to provide compassionate, personalized orthopedic care, focusing on the treatment of injuries and illnesses of the musculoskeletal system. We are committed to understanding your specific needs and health concerns. We offer procedures and treatment options for a wide variety of conditions, including the knee, hip and shoulder areas.
We offer a wide range of diagnostic, surgical and rehabilitative services for injuries and disorders of the skeletal system and associated bones, joints, tendons, muscles, ligaments and nerves. From sports injuries to sprains, strains and fractures, the orthopedic doctors at Gulf Coast Medical Group are dedicated to helping you return to your active lifestyle.
Our orthopedic services include:
- Total joint replacement (arthroplasty)
- Total hip replacement and minimally invasive direct anterior replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Patient specific knee replacement
- Total shoulder arthroplasty and reverse shoulder arthroplasty
- Humeral head resurfacing
- Robotic-assisted minimally invasive joint replacement
- Partial knee replacement and knee resurfacing
- Arthroscopic shoulder surgery
- Rotator cuff repair
- Shoulder ligament reconstruction
- Arthroscopic knee surgery
- ACL reconstruction
- Cartilage repair and transplantation
- Patella realignment
- Arthroscopic elbow and ankle surgery
- Wrist and hand surgery
- Carpal tunnel release
- Thumb arthritis arthroplasty
- Cortisone injections
- Viscosupplementation injections
- X-rays in-house
Total Hip Replacement
During a total hip replacement, an incision is made on the side of the hip. The surgeon detaches the hip muscles, allowing the hip to dislocate the ball from its socket so that damage can be inspected. The surgeon removes the damaged ball bone and replaces it with a metal or ceramic ball anchored by a metal stem inserted directly into the thigh bone. Then, the surgeon prepares the socket to receive a metal implant. Finally, the surgeon inserts a plastic, ceramic or metal spacer between the new ball and socket to help ensure the surfaces smoothly glide together.
Hip replacements have evolved in recent years thanks to new techniques and protocols that help make the procedure less invasive, when possible. Afterwards, patients generally begin walking the same day or next day after surgery. In some cases, for patients who are healthy enough, surgery can be completed as an outpatient procedure, which does not require an overnight stay in the hospital. Your doctor can help you determine if you might be a candidate for an outpatient hip replacement.
Partial Hip Replacement
In a partial hip replacement, the ball of the joint is replaced in the same manner as a total hip replacement but the socket is left intact. This procedure is typically performed when there is only damage to the ball, or neck of the femur, but no damage is present in the socket.
Robotic-Assisted Joint Replacement
Gulf Coast Medical Group offers a minimally invasive option to alleviate knee pain associated with early to mid-stage osteoarthritis. Surgeons use a robotic arm surgical system to perform partial knee replacement, a procedure that allows them to resurface the diseased area while sparing the patient’s healthy bone and surrounding tissue. The digital tracking system constantly monitors and updates the patient’s anatomy and allows the surgeon to make real-time adjustments to optimize implant positioning and placement.
Surgeons also use this minimally invasive surgical system to provide a minimally invasive option for total hip replacement. This advanced technique allows surgeons to prepare the hip socket for a more exact implant alignment, and reduces complications such as excessive wear on the joint, unequal leg length or dislocation.
Robotic surgery may offer a number of benefits over traditional knee replacement techniques, including:
- Enhanced implant positioning that may result in a more natural knee motion.
- Patients may experience less pain, a shorter hospital stay and a quicker recovery.
- Procedures are typically covered by most Medicare-approved and private health insurers.
Sports Medicine
Whether you're a competitive athlete or a weekend warrior, sports-related injuries can slow you down and keep you from participating in the activities you love. Sports-related injuries require special attention, and our team is specially trained to treat athletes of all ages.
The orthopedic team at Gulf Coast Medical Group provides physical therapy, rehabilitation, athletic training and surgical services to the residents of Venice. Common therapies given to professional athletes are now available for everyone through our sports medicine program. In addition, for more serious cases, the surgical team specializes in arthroscopic procedures to repair joints utilizing minimally invasive techniques.