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Joanne Northport, NY knee Image Torn Meniscus
Rita Brooklyn, NY

"After surgery with Dr. Craig, I felt another person. Thanks to Dr. Craig and to HSS, I can move my arm, do all kinds of chores, and play with my grandkids."

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shoulder Image Shoulder Replacement
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Elyse Astoria, NY hip Image Hip Impingement
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David M. Cranford, NJ hip Image Hip Resurfacing
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Robert Westwood, NJ hip Image Hip Replacement
Paul Miller Place, NY

"At a dance I tripped on a chair, fell on my left side, and my left femur separated from my hip. Being in much pain, the local fire department took me to a nearby hospital in Long Island where I was operated on the next day for a partial hip replacement. Everything was going great but after five weeks I developed a staph infection that put me back in the hospital for 25 days. The prosthesis was removed, I was on intravenous antibiotics for eight weeks and spent the next eight months in a wheelchair."

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hip Image Hip Revision Surgery
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Richard Dix Hills, NY spine Image Spine Laminectomy
Barbara Jean Laurel, MD

"I separated my right shoulder in 1995, the Dr. said the only that would help was time. By 2011, not being able to reach across my desk at work to answer the phone, I sought help. The Drs. out on eastern LI kept giving me cortisone shots, to no avail. Dr. Beth Shubin Stein performed the surgery. I was on my way home 5 hrs later. I have not had such range of motion in 16 years, now with little or no pain."

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shoulder Image Dislocated Shoulder
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Jeff Lebanon, NJ hip Image Hip Replacement
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Steven Hewlett, NY spine Image Spinal Injection
Audrey Pompano Beach, FL

"Dr. O'Malley at Hospital for Special Surgery gave my left foot its first pain-free years in a long time. After having been misdiagnosed and mistreated in my home state for 3 years, and two top orthopedists telling me to have a bone fusion for the big toe, Dr. O'Malley suggested trying the least invasive procedure. Low and behold, that toe has been functional for no less than 14 years!!"

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foot Image Toe Injury/Condition
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Robyn Nutley, NJ hip Image Hip Replacement