2018 – Stephen J. Incavo, MD

Dr. Incavo has co-authored an article recently published in Computer Assisted Surgery. The article, Accuracy Assessment of a Novel Image-Free Handheld Robot for Total Knee Arthroplasty in a Cadaveric Study , assesses for the first time the accuracy of a…

Inter-surgeon Variability in the Assembly of Modular Head-Neck Tapers in THR was the topic of Dr. Incavo’s invited presentation (a new research project) at the 2018 AAHKS Annual Meeting November 1-4, 2018 in Dallas, Texas.

Dr. Incavo and his colleagues were invited to present their latest research project, The Continuum of Hip Range of Motion: From Soft Tissue to Bony Impingement, at the 2018 meeting of ISHA, the Hip Preservation Society recently held in Melbourne,…

Along with colleagues, Dr. Incavo presented his latest research project, Open Tendon Repair into a Bone Trough Improves Outcomes for Hip Abductor Tendon Avulsion at the 2018 Summer Meeting of the Hip Society October 4-6, 2018 in New York, NY.

Source: MedicalXpress Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are one of the most common knee injuries in the United States, affecting more than a quarter of a million people annually, many of them athletes. Read more

Source: HSS  Could weight loss surgery before knee replacement improve outcomes or even eliminate the need for joint replacement in severely overweight patients? A study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) aims to answer that question. Read more

Source: MedicalXpress In a study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research, investigators have identified urinary markers that differentiate total hip replacement patients who eventually develop bone tissue destruction, or osteolysis, from patients who do not. Read more

Source: Healio Total hip arthroplasty routinely provides patients with greatly improved quality of life, however the process of performing THA requires that many anatomical issues must be addressed that are not predicted on preoperative radiographs. Ideally, the surgeon and the…

Source: EurekAlert The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate that among individuals with radiographic knee osteoarthritis (OA), decreased physical performance and greater structural disease severity are associated with a higher…

Source: Health Total hip and knee replacements have come a long way. Afterwards, people no longer lay in a hospital bed for three weeks; instead they generally begin walking at home within a day of the procedure. Read more