Virtual reality adding new dimension for doctors in the operating room
In the operating room, virtual reality is adding a new dimension for doctors performing shoulder replacement surgery. "It's kind of like Iron Man," said Dr. Edward Scott Paxton, who specializes in shoulder replacements at University Orthopedics in Rhode Island.
University Orthopedics’ surgeon 1st in state to perform Stryker partial shoulder replacement
East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics’ orthopedic surgeon E. Scott Paxton, MD, has become first in the state to perform a partial shoulder replacement using Stryker’s Tornier pyrocarbon humeral head.
The new ‘gold standard’ for some shoulder replacements?
In February, E. Scott Paxton, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at East Providence, R.I.-based University Orthopedics, became the first surgeon in the state to perform a partial shoulder replacement using Stryker’s Tornier pyrocarbon humeral head.
Dr. Paxton First in RI to Perform Partial Shoulder Replacement Using Revolutionary Pyrocarbon Implant
EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — University Orthopedics, one of the region’s largest, most comprehensive orthopedic practices, is excited to announce E. Scott Paxton, MD, is now the only orthopedic surgeon in Rhode Island to have performed a partial shoulder replacement utilizing Stryker’s Tornier Pyrocarbon Humeral Head.
Dr. Paxton discusses innovative techniques in shoulder surgery with Providence Business News.
Providence Business News recently asked Dr. Scott Paxton to talk about some of the new surgeries he has begun performing, including the Tornier Simpliciti shoulder implant and the allograft dermis shoulder reconstruction, and how the procedures benefit younger patients, as well as his approach to various new orthopedic procedures.
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