Orthopaedics | Same-Day Joint Replacement | Award-Winning Orthopaedic Care | WVU Medicine Camden Clark

The clinical expertise of our team, combined with cutting-edge technology solutions, enables us to provide excellent care for a wide range of other orthopaedic disorders and injuries. Orthopedics is the medical specialty that focuses on injuries and diseases of your body’s musculoskeletal system. This complex system includes your bones, joints, ligaments, tendons, muscles, and nerves and allows you to move, work, and be active.

Orthopedic surgeons manage special problems of the musculoskeletal system. This involves:

Diagnosis of your injury or disorder
Treatment with medication, exercise, surgery, or other plans
Rehabilitation by recommending exercises or physical therapy to restore movement, strength, and function
Prevention with information and treatment plans to prevent injury or slow the progression of diseases

Orthopaedic Surgery

Orthopaedic surgeons perform numerous types of surgeries. Common procedures include:

- Arthroscopy – a procedure using special cameras and equipment to visualize, diagnose, and treat problems inside a joint
- Fusion – a “welding” process by which bones are fused together with bone grafts and internal devices (such as metal rods) to heal into a single solid bone
- Internal fixation –a method to hold the broken pieces of bone in proper position with metal plates, pins, or screws while the bone is healing
- Joint Replacement (partial, total, and revision) – when an arthritic or damaged joint is removed and replaced with an artificial joint called a prosthesis
- Osteotomy – the correction of bone deformity by cutting and re positioning the bone
- Soft tissue repair – the mending of soft tissue, such as torn tendons or ligaments