More patients choose Norton Orthopedic Institute for hip or knee replacements and other orthopedic procedures than any other health care provider in Louisville, Kentucky, or Southern Indiana. Cyna Khalily, M.D., serves as Medical Director of NOI and is a practicing orthopedic surgeon who specializes in surgeries of the hip and knee. Education & Training Bachelor’s…
A new multidisciplinary cerebral palsy clinic for children who need a higher level of care has opened in the Novak Center for Children’s Health in downtown Louisville. The clinic aims to streamline care, make appointments easier for families and improve outcomes. “Multidisciplinary clinics allow one patient to be seen by multiple doctors instead of the…
Bone health often is overlooked and undertreated in postmenopausal patients, even though appropriate management is critical to lower the risk of fracture and potentially catastrophic falls. Estrogen protects bones by inhibiting osteoclast cells, which break down bone. With menopause and lower estrogen levels, bone mass starts declining. A person can lose up to 20% of…
Norton Children’s Neuroscience Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, has created multidisciplinary clinics so children with spina bifida — and children with other complicated conditions — can see all subspecialists in one place during a single two- or three-hour visit. A child with spina bifida needs care from a number of specialists. As…
Prenatal ultrasound increasingly is yielding reliable clubfoot diagnoses, giving parents a chance to prepare themselves and understand the condition. Still, there’s no replacement for a hands-on exam by a pediatrician. Idiopathic clubfoot is the most common type of clubfoot, with the other two being positional and syndromic. Clubfoot is an anomaly characterized by the sole…
For knee replacement patients who want to return to a more active lifestyle, robot-assisted arthroplasty offers another level of precision to fine-tune the alignment of the new joint. “Not every patient is going to select to have a robot-assisted procedure done, because the standard instrumentation can produce a fantastic result,” said Jeffrey Stimac, M.D. “But…
Here are six videos explaining pediatric casting techniques with pediatric orthopedists Jennifer M. Brey, M.D., and Laura K. Jacks, M.D., of Norton Children’s Orthopedics of Louisville, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine. Basic forearm casting technique Basic upper extremity splinting technique How to splint an ankle Sugar tong splint How to place a short…
Clubfoot, sometimes referred to as club leg, affects roughly 1 out of 1,000 births. Clubfoot involves four primary deformities (midfoot cavus, forefoot adduction, hindfoot varus, and equinus contracture) that result in the ankle being stuck downward, the foot being turned inward or often pointing toward the other foot and hooked onto itself. In about 50%…
Norton Healthcare has expanded access to specialty care in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Providers specializing in cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, spine, sports medicine, rheumatology and vascular surgery have schedules in Hardin County offices. The expanded services mean patients from Elizabethtown and the surrounding area don’t need to travel to Louisville to get Norton Healthcare specialty care….
Riding his bike on a trail, Dan Lillpop tried to turn around in tall grass. The bike stopped and Dan fell. The 65-year-old braced himself with his left arm, tearing the rotator cuff in his shoulder when he hit the ground. After a trip to the emergency room, X-rays, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Kevin Himschoot, M.D., orthopedic surgeon, is the newest member of the team at Norton Orthopedic Institute – Brownsboro, specializing in knee and hip replacements. Dr. Himschoot recently completed a joint replacement fellowship at Norton Brownsboro Hospital, where he learned anterior approach hip replacement surgery using intraoperative fluoroscopy. The technique allows for precision down to the…
Lee Dulaney did her best to ignore the pain in her right hip for years. Steroid injections helped, but the pain persisted. “I’d get steroid injections, and it would feel better for a while; and then the pain would come back.” Lee said. “People would say, ‘You’re limping,’ and I’d say, ‘I know. It hurts.’”…