MIMIS is First in Lakes Region to Perform New Hi-Tech Hip Replacement Procedure
January 14, 2004 (Crosby, Minnesota) Orthopedic surgeons at the Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIMIS) at Cuyuna Regional Medical Center on the medical campus at Crosby are among the first in Minnesota to perform hip replacements using an ingenious new, two-incision minimally invasive surgical procedure.
This procedure minimizes the size of the incision, damage to muscles, tendons and ligaments and allows patients to stand and in some cases walk the same day. Doctors make two small incisions just centimeters (less than two inches each) in length and perform the surgery while the patient is under minimal anesthesia. On January 16th Drs. Leo Chough and Shiraz Patel will perform this procedure on a 67-year old man using this minimally invasive technique.
The man undergoing the three-hour minimally invasive operation is from Crosslake, Minnesota. He can expect significantly less post-operative pain and a radically shorter recovery period than those who have a standard hip replacement. He may leave the hospital after just an overnight stay.
“We’re excited to bring this highly advanced procedure to Minnesota,” says Dr. Chough. “The technology is wonderful – especially for people who want to remain healthy and active .This procedure gets them back on their feet and back to their favorite activities faster with virtually no post-operative discomfort.”
“It’s a technically challenging procedure, one that really showcases the potential of minimally invasive technologies and techniques,” Dr. Shiraz Patel says. “For us at MIMIS to be among the first in the region to offer such cutting edge treatment is very exciting.”
Dr. Chough and Patel performed their first minimally invasive hip replacement surgery in November. Friday’s hip replacement procedure will be their third.
Dr. Chough is a graduate of Washington University School of Medicine with a background in sports medicine, and joined the CRMC staff from in 2000. A board certified orthopedic surgeon, he has worked with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.
Dr. Patel is a graduate of the University of Minnesota School of Medicine, and a board-certified orthopedic surgeon. He has an extensive orthopedics background, including a fellowship at Hennepin County Medical Center specializing in joint replacement surgery. He joined the surgical staff of CRMC from Hennepin County Medical Center in 1999.
Drs. Chough and Patel are two of seven surgeons at the Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIMIS) on the medical campus at Crosby. The general surgeons, orthopedic and eye surgeons on the MIMIS staff are trained and certified to perform more than 100 types of procedures. The minimally invasive surgeons at MIMIS use state of the art cameras, scopes and surgical technologies – some of which are not yet available in larger metropolitan area hospitals. Friday’s procedure will take place in one of five operating rooms at MIMIS especially equipped for minimally invasive surgery.
Minimally invasive surgical techniques were developed for use in laparoscopic (within the chest-stomach body cavity) procedures. Over the past decade, surgeons worldwide have developed new procedures that apply minimally invasive technologies at other surgical sites within the body. New procedures like the two-incision hip replacement and bariatric gastric bypass surgery (to help morbidly obese patients lose weight) are changing the way both surgeons and patients view surgery and show great promise for allowing Americans (and patients world-wide) to live longer and healthier lives.
Typically, minimally invasive surgery means less post-operative pain, faster healing and reduced risk of infection.
MIMIS is located at the Cuyuna Regional Medical Center on the medical campus in Crosby, where more than 70 percent of all surgical procedures are performed using minimally invasive techniques. The campus is also home to the Central Lakes Medical Clinic and the Crosby Eye Clinic. Combined, the medical campus has a staff of more than 40 physicians and surgeons and employs more than 700 medical professionals and administrative staff to serve patients throughout the region.
Press Contacts:
Theresa Sullivan, CRMC, (218) 546-4354
Pete Stoddart, (651) 292-8900
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