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Dr. James Genuario, Orthopaedic Surgeon & Sports Medicine Specialist, Denver, Englewood, CO, Highlands Ranch | Blog

  • Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries

    Posted on: 04 December, 2022

    Surgeons have long advised patients to stop smoking cigarettes for several weeks before their operations to lower the risk of complications. But what about weed? New research has found reason for worry: Marijuana users had higher infection rates after minimally invasive knee and shoulder procedures. Patients also had higher rates of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or potentially dangerous blood clots, though those risks were not statistically significant.

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  • A workout for cartilage implants

    Posted on: 04 December, 2022

    Whether arising from being felled on the soccer pitch or a seemingly harmless collision with a coffee table, a minor injury to the cartilage in your knee can have major consequences. In the worst case, the weak spot gives rise to severe arthritis and an artificial knee is the only hope. However, if the problem is caught early, further deterioration could be prevented by a patch repair.

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  • ACL Knee Repair Sometimes Leads to Better Outcomes Than Reconstruction

    Posted on: 21 October, 2022

    Researchers say people who have knee repair surgery tend to have better outcomes than those who undergo knee reconstruction surgery. Experts, however, say the choice between the two operations isn’t always a simple one and sometimes the more intensive reconstruction surgery is necessary.

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  • Bone marrow aspirate concentrate augmentation of allograft may benefit ACL reconstruction

    Posted on: 09 September, 2022

    Bone marrow aspirate concentrate augmentation of the bone-patellar tendon-bone allograft during ACL reconstruction may yield greater signal intensity scores on MRI at 3 months postoperatively, according to published results.

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  • Isolated MPFL reconstruction yielded low recurrent instability, high return to sport rates

    Posted on: 09 September, 2022

    Patients who underwent isolated medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction maintained outcomes at 5 years with low recurrent instability rates and high return to sport rates, according to results presented here.

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