Missoula Bone & Joint’s Outpatient Surgery Center is achieving the National Gold Standard of Care, here in Missoula Montana, by implementing superior patient care that enables patients to go home the same day as their joint replacement surgery. Our patients and their care giver are feeling confident to continue recovery in the comfort and safety…
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A Hand Therapist can help with Hand and Wrist Pain
April is national Occupational Therapy month so we are celebrating this important profession by highlighting our very own Kristin Biggins, OTD, OTR/L, CHT. Kristin joined Missoula Bone & Joint in 2020, bringing years of experience as a Certified Hand Therapist, CHT to our therapy team. She received her MS in Occupational Therapy in 1992 at…
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Knee Replacement – Frequently Asked Questions
The decision to have a knee replacement surgery can be a big decision. You will know when the time is right because your knee pain is stopping you from enjoying your life and the physical things you enjoy doing. Schedule a comprehensive knee evaluation with your orthopedic surgeon to learn about your options. What is…
What does an x-ray show?
Radiographs (x-rays) are the first step in imaging of the injured or painful body part. Your provider can show you the x-ray at the time of your visit, and explain the degenerative changes in your joint, or identify where the fracture is and its severity. Hand X-ray – we take at least two images and…
Filed Under: Fracture care, Hand and wrist, Hip, Knee, Orthopedics, Shoulder, Sports Medicine, Total Joint Replacement
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The use of an injection into a joint for pain relief
Painful joints, such as your ankle, elbow, hip, knee, shoulder, spine and wrist, even the small joints in your hands and feet may benefit from an injection into a joint. People with osteoarthritis in a joint that is causing them pain may be looking for a solution so they can get back to the activities…
Senior Olympics – Staying in the game at any age.
The Montana Senior Olympics was held in Missoula, Montana in September 2021. Senior means anyone over the age of 50. We may smirk at 50 being a “senior”, but the reality is if we don’t continue to keep our bodies conditioned for the activities we wish to pursue from the ages of 30 or 40,…
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What does it look like inside the sterile surgical suite?
Left: Proper transition of the surgical team from non-sterile to the sterile surgical suite needs to be seamless. A non-sterile team member is tying the surgeon’s sterile gown (sterile zone in the front) while the Certified Surgical Technologist (CST), already dressed in the sterile gown, provides sterile gloves to the surgeon. The sterile surgical team…
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Why can patients go home soon after outpatient surgery?
Patients are going home sooner after outpatient surgery to recover in the comfort of their own homes, this includes joint replacement surgery and spine surgery. There is a combination of reasons why this is possible: 1. The main reason is due to a multimodal pain management approach which may include: a regional anesthetic nerve block…
Who are best orthopedic doctors in Missoula, Montana?
Meet our orthopedic doctors – Missoula Bone & Joint has been serving western Montana for over 60 years. Our experienced board-certified orthopedic doctors offer specialized care in sports medicine, joint replacement, arthroscopy, hand & microvascular surgery, foot & ankle surgery, spine surgery, and fracture care. In fact, we treat any joint pain or condition from…
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Sterilization at the surgery center
At Missoula Bone & Joints Ambulatory Surgery Center keeping infections very low is essential to successful surgical outcomes. Sterilization describes a process that kills all forms of bacteria, disease, fungi, and viruses. It is carried out in health-care facilities by physical or chemical methods. It not only protects the patients, but the medical professionals as…
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