About Us

Total joint surgeons at Duke have experience in dealing with complex problems as well as routine cases.

Our staff of highly trained nurses, physical and occupational therapists, patient resource managers, and physicians will make your surgery as pleasant as possible and get you on the road to improved mobility. Specific orthopedic training as well as access to cutting edge technology insures that patients receive the highest quality care possible. Our orthopedic unit consistently ranks high nationally in patient satisfaction scores.

Duke Orthopaedics ranked sixth in the nation in 2007 according to U.S. News & World Report.

Research

Through their collaborative research efforts and clinical trials, surgeons at the Duke Total Joint Center are testing and developing new procedures and new prostheses to make joint replacements work better and last longer.

Among these advances are:

• A technique for rejuvenating deteriorating hip joints in younger patients with avascular necrosis
• Hip ball resurfacing, in which the worn ball of a hip is resurfaced rather than replaced
• Promising new ankle prostheses.
• Unicompartmental knee replacement
• New materials in hip replacement including ceramic and improvements in polyethylene

The Duke team is also seeking ways to reduce the number of replacements needed by rejuvenating cartilage and preventing cartilage loss in the first place.