OrthoNorCal News
Webinar: Hip Pain and It’s Treatment Options
Watch the webinar recording to learn about HIp Pain and It's Treatment Options with Dr. Christian Heywood and Dr. Robert Cagle. https://youtu.be/7c2BjxlWj9w
Webinar: The Aging Spine
Watch the webinar recording to learn about The Aging Spine with Dr. Jeffrey Coe and Dr. Tina Molumphy. https://youtu.be/NCDCCyOBbR8
Webinar: Robotic Approaches to Degenerative Hip and Spine Disease
Headless Screw Technology for Minimally Invasive Fracture and Fusion Fixation
Headless Screw Technology for Minimally Invasive Fracture and Fusion Fixation Thursday, April 30 1 PM PDT / 4 PM EDT Nicolas Abidi, MD - OrthoNorCal Dr. Abidi will share his pearls for use of headless compression screws in the treatment of talar and navicular...
Webinar: INNOVATIVE CERVICAL SPINE SOLUTIONS featuring Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD
Join us for one of two webinars next week featuring our expandable cervical interbody and segmental plating system with Dr. Kornelis Poelstra. The first will be held Monday, April 13th at 9PM EST, the other will be Tuesday, April 14th at 10AM EST. Webinar Mon, Apr 13,...
MAKER Face Shield Masks
My name is Daniel Curry, I am currently a sophomore industrial design student at CSULB. I am the Co-Owner of an organization known as the Maker Society which began as a student organization at CSULB back in 2013. The Maker SOciety is now a 3D printing Lab currently...
COVID-19
Date: April 29, 2020 COVID - 19 Update Dear Patients, As we continue to navigate through these evolving and challenging times, we want to give you an update on where we stand. We continue to be committed to providing excellent orthopedic service and care to our...
Dr. Kornelis Poelstra: The future of robotic spine surgery
Kornelis Poelstra, MD, PhD, recently implanted what was reported to be the first Molybdenum-Rhenium rod in a patient during a spinal fusion on the West Coast. Dr. Poelstra, of The Robotic Spine Institute of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos, Calif., used the Mazor X robot...
Joint and Spine Community Seminar
OrthoNorCal surgeon Dr. Abidi is speaking on Thursday, February 20 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at Dominican Hospital Education Center, Room B2 1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, CA. To register for this free seminar please call Crystal Olson at (831) 457-7070.
Most people wait too long for knee replacement surgery, study says
(CNN)Living with knee pain? A new study has found that 90% of Americans with osteoarthritis suffer too long before having a knee replacement that could improve their quality of life. "When people wait too long, they lose more and more function and can't exercise or be...