Patient is a 75 year old female who presents with bilateral knee pain She had substantially worse pain in the right knee progressively over the past 6 years. The pain has prohibited the patient from activities of daily living, recreational activities and gainful...
Crepitus is a crunching or grating sound, or sensation felt in a joint on moving it. It is common in old age but not all joint crepitus signifies an underlying disease. However, when associated with pain or swelling joint crepitus usually denotes joint damage....
Dr. Karkare appeared on the evening news this week, in a segment about custom 3D printed knee joints. Here’s the video as it aired… Here.s the transcription: Announcer 1: In tonight’s Health Watch, do your knees crack and hurt when you walk?...
Mr. JF is an 83 year-old gentleman who had previously had a Total Hip Replacement performed at another institution approximately 13 years prior to being referred to myself. He initially recovered well from the procedure and had been asymptomatic for much of this time,...
Mrs. M is a 49 year-old lady who grew up in Iran and moved to Canada several years ago. She had suffered from mild hip discomfort for many years and had a procedure performed on her left hip in her native Iran, the nature of which was not known. She had never sought...
Mr. LR is a 53 year-old gentleman who unfortunately developed arthritic change in his right hip at a relatively young age. He was seen by an orthopaedic surgeon at a different institution approximately 10 years prior to him being seen by myself, and he was advised...
Dr. Karkare was featured two weeks in a row on New Jersey’s News 12 Segment, 12 to Your Health. The host of the segment is Dr. Derrick Desilva, a prominent New York doctor. Here’s the first segment, that aired Saturday September 8th 2018…...
Dr. Karkare was the guest, on a local cable access show here in New York, discussing joint replacement options and techniques. This is the entire episode as it ran in here in New York in mid October from our local PATV channel 20… Video Transcription: Host: Hi...
Are you having problems with your knee implants? You might need revision surgery. According to The Rheumatologist website, knee replacement revision surgery is expected to grow by 600% in the next five to ten years. Two of the major causes are plenty of younger people...
The knee is one of the body parts most commonly affected by degenerative arthritis, also known as osteoarthritis and wear-and-tear arthritis. According to the data gathered by the Arthritis Foundation, over 27 million people in the United States have osteoarthritis....
