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Replacing Joint Replacements
September 5, 2007
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Orthopedic Surgeon Kurtis Biggs explains that the average life expectancy of baby
boomers is at an all time high so that means patients receiving joint replacements
are out living their new joints. "Not only do I serve as a hip and knee replacements
for the primary, or the regular patient; I also serve as a tertiary referral for
other orthopedic surgeons to send their difficult redo's."
That means, Dr. Biggs takes special care of hips and knees that may need surgery
revisions, or even those that have been previously replaced but become infected
or loose down the road. "When it comes revisions if there is a 400% increase in
the number of revisions being done because the number of patients who are having
their hips and knees replaced, they are outliving their joints, so there is an extraordinary
boom"
Dr. Biggs says that the high population boom in Lee County presents some of its
own unique challenges. "There are 65,000 people moving to Lee County every year
that population is growing as we have all seen the development. The average age
of those people is a lot higher than across the national average so the people that
are moving here those are
the ones in need."
Dr. Biggs and his partners perform more than 15-hundred total joint replacements
every year.
Dr. Biggs is certified in fellowship training, which means he spent an additional
year in medical school for adult reconstructive surgeries.
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