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Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Associates is
a group of 8 Orthopedic Specialists with interests in general orthopedics,
sports medicine, hand surgery, joint replacements, and spine. We provide
total orthopedic care.
We distinguish ourselves as being made up
of the best trained and most highly educated orthopedic surgeons in the area. All
of our surgeons are fellowship trained beyond residency in some of the best
institutions in the country.
Most importantly, we are friendly and give
you individual attention. Our mission is to provide outstanding care to all
of our patients and facilitate a rapid return to an active, pain free
lifestyle.
Our Specialties include:
- General Orthopedic care
- Joint replacement
- Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy
- Hand/Upper extremity Surgery
- Microsurgery
- Minimally invasive Surgery
- Spine Surgery
Innovators
In Elgin and the Fox valley area our surgeons individually
have done many “firsts” for our community.
- Successful microvascular composite tissue
transplantation (free flap) program for large orthopedics wounds
- Successful series of replanted digits
- Minimally invasive total hip arthroplasty
- Total pelvic reconstruction for tumor replacement of
bone
- Total femur replacement
- Routine use of vacuum assisted closure (VAC) in
difficult orthopedic wounds
- Use of human recombinant OP-1 bone morphogenetic
protein in recalcitrant bone non-unions
- Pyrocarbon finger joint implants for finger joint
arthritis
- Total elbow arthroplasty
- Reversed total shoulder arthroplasty
- Minimally invasive, percutaneous fracture surgery
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Dr. Gitelis
has designed a novel arthroscopy system
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Dr. Cannestra
has developed a measuring instrument to monitor leg length in total hip
replacement surgery
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Dr. Palmer
has helped design a revision total joint system
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