Outpatient Knee Replacement
Outpatient Knee Replacement
If you suffer from severe knee arthritis, total knee replacement surgery may help provide pain relief and restore function. At Tidewater Orthopaedics, our fellowship-trained joint replacement surgeons have extensive experience performing knee replacement procedures.
Our surgeons use state-of-the-art techniques like muscle-sparing approaches and computer-assisted navigation to implant the knee replacement components with precision. We are a Mako Total Knee facility, and this technology allows us to be precise and reduces recovery time for our patients. Mako SmartRobotics' 3D CT-based planning coupled with AccuStop haptic technology helps our surgeons plan for better outcomes like less pain and quicker recovery than manual surgery. This helps ensure proper alignment and positioning for optimal results. We individualize surgical techniques and select implants based on each patient's needs and anatomy.
We create customized recovery plans to help you regain mobility and independence. Most patients walk on the day of surgery and go home the same day. Additionally, we have an in-house physical therapy team ready to get you moving.
We aim to help knee replacement patients get back to the activities they love as quickly and safely as possible. Let us help determine if total knee replacement is right for you.
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Get Back to Life after a Knee Replacement
See how this patient has gone from pain to golfing and biking again after Ready Knee Replacement with Dr. Michael Higgins.
He never used a cane!
Dr. Michael Higgins, born and raised in Buffalo, New York, joined Tidewater Orthopaedics in Hampton, VA in 2006 and is a board-certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and fellowship-trained by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in hip and knee replacement specialist. He believes practicing orthopaedic surgery and serving his patients is a privilege, a philosophy he learned from his mentors throughout his orthopaedic training.
Dr. Higgins began his training at The State University of New York at Geneseo, where he earned his undergraduate degree before continuing on to medical school at the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Higgins completed his orthopaedic surgery residency at Buffalo University, The State University of New York, and an additional year of specialty training focused on complex hip and knee replacement at the Roanoke Orthopaedic Center in Roanoke, Virginia. The most rewarding aspects of his practice are fixing or reconstructing orthopaedic problems, whether simple or very complex, and restoring mobility in his patients so they can continue to live active and fulfilling lifestyles.
Joint replacement and revision surgeon, Michael E. Higgins, M.D., sees patients in Hampton, Suffolk & Williamsburg, VA.
Knee Replacement
Knee replacement surgery removes degenerated cartilage from the knee joint and replaces it with implants. This is done to restore function and eliminate pain. Our physicians perform computer assisted robotic knee replacements. Robotic surgery provides the patient with increased precision and accuracy and makes the knee replacement less invasive.
Robotic Knee Replacement Reduces Recovery Time
With the Ready Knee procedure, you'll not only get precise positioning of your Total Knee Replacement but you also have less recovery time thanks to the muscle-saving approach. Instead of cutting tendons, the procedure is done between the hamstrings and quadriceps muscle groups. Watch the video above as Dr. Michael Higgins, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in Hip and Knee replacement explains the Ready Knee Procedure.
Specialists
Michael E. Higgins, M.D.
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Colin M. Kingston, M.D.
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Loel Z. Payne, M.D.
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Amanda Watkins, P.A.-C.
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