Swedish News Blog Blog
'Orthopedic Institute' Swedish News Blog posts
Swedish-Affiliated Orthopedic Surgeon Interviewed for Article on Anterior Approach Hip Replacement Surgery
SEATTLE, June 4, 2008 -- When debilitating pain and stiffness in a person's hip limits their daily activities, it might be time for a total hip replacement. The development of total hip replacement started more than 40 years ago. In 2006, over 270,000 people in the United States underwent conv...
Swedish Orthopedic Institute to Open June 23; Specialized Facility, First in the Northwest, is Unlike a Traditional Hospital Setting
SEATTLE, June 3, 2008 – Swedish will admit its first patients on Monday, June 23 in the new, $140 million Orthopedic Institute at 601 Broadway on Seattle's First Hill. Five years in planning including three years in design and construction, the innovative facility is the first of its kind i...
Swedish-Affiliated Physicians Taking Part in Clinical Trial to Help Test New Implant for Chronic Back Pain
SEATTLE, March 31, 2008 -- Sixty-five million Americans live each day with chronic back or leg pain. Surgery is considered a last resort because patients lose their ability to move normally. But there's a new option made by a Redmond, Wash.-based company that is being tested in Seattle.Two Swe...
Swedish-Affiliated Orthopedic Surgeon Interviewed about Joint-Replacement Surgery for Patient Power Program on KVI Radio
SEATTLE, Dec. 14, 2007 -- More than 400,000 hip and knee replacements are performed in the United States each year. But how do you know if it's right for you? Join Patient Power Host Andrew Schorr and Swedish-affiliated orthopedic surgery and sports medicine specialist Dennis Kvidera, M.D....
Seattle Times Article about King County Project Access Features Charity-Care Efforts of Swedish's Mother Joseph Clinic, Specialists who Volunteer There
SEATTLE, Jan. 15, 2007 -- The Mother Joseph Clinic at Swedish Medical Center/Cherry Hill Campus is a clinic for uninsured and low-income patients who need specialty care. It's part of an ambitious and expanding plan -- King County Project Access -- that makes it easier for specialty doctors to...
Work Begins on Dedicated, Leading-Edge Orthopedic Facility at Swedish Medical Center/First Hill Campus
SEATTLE, Jan. 4, 2007 – Swedish Medical Center this month starts construction of an innovative $130 million dedicated orthopedic facility on Seattle's First Hill at the site of the former Swedish Annex building at 601 Broadway between Cherry and James streets. Once completed, the new 372,000 ...
Seattle Times Runs Article about a New Artificial Disc Procedure that Swedish Surgeons are Helping Debut Locally
The Seattle Times published an article on March 9 by medical reporter Warren King about a new device designed to help relieve chronic lower back pain. The Food and Drug Administration approved the artificial disc in October 2004 for patients with degenerative disk disease at one of two vertebrae...
