A Conversation with Dr. Patel

Brayden suffered a comminuted (shattered) clavicle (collarbone) fracture and underwent surgery to repair it. This is him only a short time after surgery.

Hello from Beijing! Look what I did today! It was spectacular! A gorgeous crisp Autumn day as we hiked a lesser visited section of The Great Wall. My knees held up great! Thanks so much for your support & working with me to get these knees in good shape for this special day that I have dreamed of since 6th grade! I hiked to the 20th watch tower, which is the farthest tourists can go on this section.

“Thank you for giving me my knee back.” She’s a young mom who was in constant pain because of a cartilage defect on her patella (kneecap). I did an Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation on her patella (ACI) where we took a sample of her own cartilage and grew it in a lab and put it back in her knee. We also shifted her kneecap (tibial tubercle osteotomy) so it would not cause future issues.

Active lady who had severe right knee arthritis and varus (bow-legged) deformity prior to surgery. We corrected her alignment and arthritis with a robotic assisted partial knee replacement done as an outpatient surgery. She is feeling great after only 6 weeks. On the photos the right knee appears on the left (mirror), the pre-surgery and post-surgery photos show correction of varus (bow-legged) deformity.

I definitely did not forget that I would let you know how the Chicago Marathon turned out and thanks to you putting up with my requests (No, I can’t rest the hamstring – I need to run this marathon!) — I did complete the marathon! I wanted you to know how appreciative I am of your patience, and expertise and willingness to treat me like an athlete rather than just an older runner. You and your staff are fantastic!.