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AAHKS Annual Meeting Podcast
It is an honor and career goal to provide mentorship, leadership, and research for Orthopedics, while continuing to promote our female leaders in Orthopedics, work on treatment of infected total joints and keep in mind, how far we’ve come in research. Click on the link in my bio to hear the full Podcast recorded at our last AAHKS annual meeting in November.
Second Opinions Matter: Dr. Della Valle Featured in New Article on Patch.com
We highly recommend second opinions for all patients. Joint replacement surgery is a big decision, and they should feel comfortable with their surgical plan and trust in their surgeon. Humbled by another happy patient with their partial knee replacements.
Read more in a recent articles on Patch.com: https://patch.com/illinois/channahon-minooka/second-opinions-matter-nodx
Dr. Della Valle on the Medicine of Movement Podcast
Answering the important questions for undergoing a total or partial knee replacement. Here, we discuss understanding the severity of arthritis and how to help patients make more informed decisions. Thank you, Dr. Yanke, for having me on the Medicine of Movement podcast.
Dr. Della Valle Was Main Speaker for the HKU Arthroplasty Webinar
As we begin to see the emergence of in-person meetings and academic conventions, I was honored as the main speaker for the HKU Arthroplasty webinar on outpatient joint arthroplasty surgery techniques of lateral unicompartmental knee arthroplasties. Both topics continue to grow in our ever-changing world of adult reconstruction.
Dr. Della Valle Part of USA Faculty for Upcoming AOA Meeting
Dr. Della Valle will be be part of the USA faculty for the upcoming Australian Orthopaedic Association COE meeting – ‘Precision Hip and Knee Surgery – Evaluation, Planning and Delivery’ on June 17-18.
His presentation is entitled ‘Is outpatient arthroplasty safe?’. Adolph Lombardi, Jonathan Vigdorchik, Stefan Kreuzer and Antonia Chen will also be presenting.
Learn more about the USA faculty at aoa.org.au/coe-faculty. Register and see the program at aoa.org.au/COE-June
National Arthritis Awareness Month
In honor of National Arthritis Awareness Month, Dr. Della Valle would like to recognize anyone who has suffered from arthritis. He treats patients with hip and knee arthritis.
“The fun part of my job is seeing patients back soon after surgery and their pain is usually dramatically decreased or gone,” Dr. Della Valle says. “Many more people have heard the success stories of treatment and we have more and more patients coming in seeking relief. They are relieved to know that there are excellent, proven surgical options for arthritis affecting almost all parts of the body.”
Read more about arthritis management and treatment options at https://www.rushortho.com/news/national-arthritis-awareness-month-2021.
Dr. Della Valle and Colleagues Win the “Best Poster Award” at the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting in the Infection Clinical Category
Dr. Della Valle and colleagues were the 30th AAHKS Annual Meeting recipients of the “Best Poster Award” in the Infection Clinical Category.
About the Study:
When a total hip replacement gets infected, a temporary antibiotic cement spacer is used as part of a two-stage surgery, and the spacer can either immobilize the hip (“static”) or allow it to have motion (“articulating”). In this multi-center study, patients were randomized to one of the spacer types so that outcomes could be compared. Operative time was similar between the groups, but static spacers were associated with significantly longer hospital stays after surgery, and outcomes at an average of 3.2 years postoperatively generally favored articulating spacers.
Dr. Della Valle’s co-authors included:
Cindy R. Nahhas, MD
Scott Sporer, MD
Peter N. Chalmers, MD
Javad Parvizi, MD
Gregory K. Deirmengian, MD
Antonia F. Chen, MD/MBA
Chris Culvern, MSc
Mario Moric, MS
Dr. Della Valle Featured in Orthopedics Today Article
Dr. Della Valle is featured in a recent article in Orthopedics Today entitled “Does 3D printing improve revision TJA planning and execution vs traditional methods?”. Dr. Della Valle and a colleague, Melvyn A. Harrington Jr., share their opinions on the necessity of using 3D printing for hip revision situations.
Dr. Della Valle says, “For planning, occasionally we used 3D printing to better understand a complex situation. That said, in most hip revision situations planning and execution are relatively straightforward and advanced technologies are not required.”
“Two thumbs up” for Dr. Della Valle and staff after partial knee replacement
When Charles Rupert, 56, of Champaign decided to do something about his nagging knee pain, he assumed a total knee replacement was in his future. With two knee surgeries already under his belt, he was willing to do whatever it might take to be comfortable standing at work and fully active again.
“I’m a big workout guy, usually in the gym three to four days a week,” he explains. “But for years, I’ve only been able to work out my upper body because of my knee pain. I just knew it was time.”
Willing to travel for the best care, he researched joint replacement physicians in Chicago and found highly rated Dr. Craig Della Valle of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, also Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Chief of the Adult Reconstruction Service at Rush University Medical Center. Within days he had an appointment. “I wanted to be treated by the best in Chicago,” he says.
Continue Reading on the Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush web site »
Dr. Della Valle Featured in Medical Xpress
Dr. Della Valle is featured in a new article in Medical Xpress. Entitled, “In many cases, hip replacement also eases back pain”, the article discusses the potential benefits of hip replacement for this with back pain.
Dr. Della Valle is quoted saying, “There are very few things in medicine that are close to hip replacement in terms of how good of a medical procedure it is.”
