Orthopedic Surgery

Aching joints, back pain, and other orthopedic conditions and injuries can slow you down. Trinity Health Of New England offers a wide range of orthopedic surgery to help you get back to your daily activities. Our orthopedic surgeons and community providers specialize in each area of the body for comprehensive care.

Orthopedic Surgery: Why Choose Trinity Health Of New England?

Our highly skilled surgical teams provide compassionate care for you and your family using the latest advances in diagnosis and treatment. You’ll find:

• Specialized expertise: Our orthopedic surgeons have years of experience, and many have board certifications and fellowship training. We’re experts in diagnosing and treating people with conditions and injuries of the musculoskeletal system (your bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments). Our teams bring together specialists from joint replacement, orthopedic spine, orthopedic, orthopedic trauma, sports medicine, physical medicine and rehabilitation to provide whole-person care.
• 24/7/365 orthopedic trauma care: Saint Francis Hospital is home to the highest level of critical care. Saint Mary’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center are Level II trauma centers. We provide expert emergency care around the clock at these locations. Saint Francis’ Level I trauma center partners with LIFE STAR helicopter transport to provide people with the highest level of care.
• National recognition for excellence: The Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute (CJRI) has earned accreditation as a center of excellence for our commitment to safety and quality of care. Your care is in good hands at Trinity Health Of New England.
• Outpatient rehabilitation: Trinity Health Of New England offers outpatient physical and occupational therapy throughout Connecticut and western Massachusetts. For your convenience, we can coordinate care with therapists in your community. Therapy can help you prepare for or recover from surgery. We also offer outpatient therapy for children and adolescents.
• Inpatient rehabilitation: We provide inpatient rehabilitation for people recovering from an orthopedic injury or surgery. Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital and the Weldon Rehabilitation Hospital house the region’s only hospital-based rehabilitation facilities accredited by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). We offer acute inpatient rehabilitation at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital, with specialized programs for stroke, brain and spinal cord injury, neurological conditions, trauma, and orthopedic conditions.

Orthopedic Surgeons With Expertise and Advanced Training

Orthopedic surgeons treat injuries and conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system of bones, joints, muscles and connective tissues. Connective tissues include ligaments, which connect bones and hold joints together, and tendons, which connect muscle to bone.

At Trinity Health Of New England, our orthopedic surgeons work closely with a robust team of dedicated health care professionals to provide comprehensive care and rehabilitation. You’ll find experienced orthopedic surgeons with specialized training in several areas:

• Joint replacement: Reconstruction and total or partial replacement of joints using advanced minimally invasive surgical techniques and robotic-assisted technologies
• Orthopedic oncology: Treatment of cancerous and noncancerous tumors in bones and soft tissues
• Orthopedic spine care: Surgical and nonsurgical treatment for injuries and conditions that affect the neck and back
• Sports medicine: Nonsurgical treatment and arthroscopic and minimally invasive surgical techniques to manage all sports injuries
• Trauma: Surgical and nonsurgical care to treat serious bone and soft tissue injuries

Orthopedic Surgery and Minimally Invasive Procedures

Our goals for treatment are to successfully repair injuries and treat conditions to help you get back to your daily activities. We begin your care with nonsurgical treatment, such as physical therapy or injections.

If you need more advanced treatment, our orthopedic surgeons specialize in minimally invasive and robotic-assisted procedures and open surgery. Many of our surgeries are outpatient procedures, so you can go home the same day.

• Minimally invasive orthopedic procedures: 

  Whenever possible, we use minimally invasive techniques, typically making smaller incisions rather than traditional long incisions. Minimally invasive procedures can help minimize pain, reduce the risk of complications and shorten your recovery time. Your surgeon will discuss options with you to determine the right procedure for your needs. Examples of minimally invasive procedures include:

• Arthroscopy: Surgery using a scope (a thin instrument attached to a tiny camera) and miniature instruments to treat injuries inside the joint
• Anterior hip replacement: Approach that accesses the hip through a small incision, using manual or robotic-assisted techniques, in the front (anterior) of the hip to position the artificial joint
• Percutaneous fracture fixation: Procedure for complex fractures that uses small incisions and advanced imaging to reposition bone, attaching hardware such as screws to hold bones in place
• Posterolateral hip replacement: Approach that uses manual or robotic-assisted techniques to access the hip through a small incision on the side of the hip, to position the artificial joint
  
  

• Open orthopedic surgery: 

  In many situations, open (traditional) surgery provides more effective treatment, usually with one longer incision. At Trinity Health Of New England, we perform open surgery for:

• Shoulder replacement: Replacement or repair of damaged cartilage and bone in the ball and socket parts of the shoulder joint
• Knee replacement: Removal of damaged cartilage and bone at the end of one or both leg bones in the knee joint, replacing them with implants
• Hip replacement: Removal and replacement of damaged cartilage and bone with artificial materials for the ball and/or socket parts of the hip joint
• Revision surgery: Procedures to correct problems that developed after a previous or replace artificial implants that have worn out
• Tendon and ligament repair: Repair, reconstruction or reattachment of tendons or ligaments to bones and muscles
• Fracture repair: Open surgery to reposition bone fragments in complex fractures and place hardware to hold them in place
  
  
• Robotic-assisted orthopedic surgery: Some of our orthopedic surgeons use robotic equipment to assist with some joint replacement and spine surgeries. Your surgeon works with you to determine whether robotic-assisted surgery may be right for you. Surgical robots offer potential advantages such as:

• Real-time video imaging, which reduces your radiation exposure from X-ray imaging
• Enhanced precision when positioning artificial implants in joint replacement and screws in spine surgery, which can improve safety during surgery
• Smaller incisions, in some cases, which can reduce pain and recovery time

Orthopedic Surgery: Conditions We Treat

Our orthopedic surgeons and community surgeons treat the whole body, specializing in specific areas, including the:

• Hips
• Knees
• Feet and ankles
• Shoulders, elbows and arms
• Hands and wrists
• Spine from the neck to the lower back

Our surgeons work with local providers to offer the full spectrum of surgical treatment for almost any musculoskeletal condition or injury.

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Services vary by orthopedics care locations.