News
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Posted at: 3/27/2015 12:00 PM
Providing great patient care is at the very core of SOS values and mission. We take pride in helping our patients overcome from injury, and return to active healthy lifestyles. Brett Lance’s story shows the quality of care we strive to give to our patients every day.
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ACL Reconstruction: Graft Choices
Posted at: 3/23/2015 12:00 PM
BY: DR. DANIEL WNOROWSKI ACL Reconstruction has evolved greatly over the past 40 years, and when paired with an appropriate preop and postop rehabilitation program, is now a very reliable operation, allowing return to pre-injury activities in the majority of patients undergoing the procedure. There are many ways to reconstruct a torn ACL, typically using tendon tissue, which remodels over time to form an ACL-like substitute. Tendon and ligaments are closely related, but not exactly the same. Mo
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The Snow is Melting! But Watch Out for Black Ice
Posted at: 3/16/2015 12:00 PM
BY: DR. JOHN FATTI, PRESIDENT OF SOS This March-April in Syracuse looms as ominous after all the snow and all that needs to melt. As the days warm up- the snow melts. The nights get cold-and the melt freezes. This is the famous Syracuse "BLACK ICE". This means many people unknowingly slip and slide, then fall....and break their wrists! Wrist fractures are the most common of all the fractures. They are more common in women. They result from a fall on an outstretched hand. Treating these
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SOS Named one of the 2015 Best Companies to Work for in NYS
Posted at: 3/11/2015 12:00 PM
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists is very pleased to announce that we have been named one of the Best Companies to Work for in New York State for 2015. SOS will be honored at an awards dinner at the Albany Marriott on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, from 5:45 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. During the event, SOS will learn their rank among 34 companies in the category for large-sized employers with 250 or more U.S. employees. “The SOS partners are extremely proud of the practice being named a Best Company to Work
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SOS Welcomes Robotic Technology
Posted at: 3/3/2015 12:00 PM
BY: DR. I. MICHAEL VELLA As you may know, robotic surgery has been around for a few years now. It initially began in the surgical specialties gynecology and general surgery. Orthopedics has now joined the robotics field for certain types of joint replacement and many other procedures are currently in development. The orthopedic specialty has followed a natural technological progression from total joint procedures guided only by the eye, followed by guide systems using precision cutting block