Brandon Naylor, D.O.

06/25/2022

Congratulations Northside Hospital Forsyth on earning Healthgrades Top Honors for Outstanding Patient Experience, America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement and Surgical Care Excellence Award.

Healthgrades awards tell you which hospitals deliver superior quality care. Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance using objective quality measures including clinical outcomes and patient safety, as well as patient experience.

https://www.healthgrades.com/hospital-directory/georgia-ga-atlanta/northside-hospital-forsyth-hgstdb336f56110005

06/11/2022

Thanks to Orthopedics Today and Healio for the opportunity to share some thoughts and experience with virtual physical therapy. The article reviews the evolution and advantages of remote convalescent platforms.

CHICAGO — Results showed patients who utilized a virtual physical therapy program after total knee arthroplasty had similar outcomes, but significant cost and time savings, compared with patients who used a formal physical therapy program.“Virtual physical therapy may not be the best opt...

12/22/2021

Seasons Greetings from us all!

12/22/2021

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours, from all of us!

12/22/2021

When Should Patients Consider Joint Replacement Surgery?

There are multiple factors in deciding when to consider joint replacement surgery. It is important that the diagnosis be correct. Some issues that can cause joint pain overlap with osteoarthritis. For example, hip pain is sometimes caused by a pinched nerve in the low back.

It is also important for the patient to try conservative measures before proceeding with surgery. In medicine, we are always weighing the risks and benefits of treatment. If a NSAID (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug) or a cortisone injection can keep you going, in general there are fewer risks to these treatments and are often preferred. Taking on the risks of surgery begin to make sense once these simpler treatments no longer work.

The third, and perhaps most important consideration, is how the pain affects you. I always ask my patients what their pain keeps them from doing. For some people it is exercise or sports such as tennis or golf. For other patients it is shopping. For many it is traveling or working in the garden. If you find yourself giving up on the things you love to do because of arthritis pain, I highly encourage you to have a conversation with a surgeon about joint replacement options.

The right time to do a surgery is when you have exhausted the other treatments and the pain from the osteoarthritis keeps you from being yourself.

Call our office for a consultation. Together we can determine if surgery is the right choice for you.

770-292-6500
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09/24/2021

The Direct Anterior total hip replacement is a minimally invasive approach reducing postoperative pain and expediting the recovery process. The technique also offers many other advantages compared to traditional approaches including a reduced occurrence of heterotopic bone formation, an often painful and restrictive process. Check out our recent publication identifying how we can further address this rare complication.

Heterotopic ossification (HO) can result in poorer clinical outcomes following total hip arthroplasty (THA). Multiple modes of intervention have been evaluated for HO prevention, including the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories. Additionally, multimodal pain management strategies including cele...