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Orthopedic Surgery

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Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeons and allied health professionals provide expert patient-centered care. Learn more about how Mayo Clinic can give you exactly the care you need.

Our patients tell us that the quality of their interactions, our attention to detail and the efficiency of their visits mean health care like they've never experienced. See the stories of satisfied Mayo Clinic patients.

  1. Elated After Life-Changing Orthopedic Surgery

    For four years, Mallory Owens lived in a world of pain. Constant, intense shoulder pain interfered with her work and disrupted her sleep. Mallory's search for a way out of the pain led her to a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon who finally was able to offer the solution Mallory needed. Mallory Owens had been to [...]

  2. Walking Pain-Free Again After Hip Replacements

    After hip replacement surgeries, Mara Olson feels no pain and is back to the activities she enjoys. That's just the result her surgeon and her two dogs wanted for her. Mara Olson and her dogs, Ellie and Tea, had a good thing going. Every day, they'd walk in the fields behind her home. Then one [...]

  3. Orthopedic Surgery at Mayo Clinic Ends Nurse's Hip and Knee Pain

    Jesse Stewart with Bruce DeGrote Jesse Stewart couldn't understand why the seven orthopedic surgeries he'd had for pain in one knee and both hips hadn't done anything to improve his quality of life. After coming to Mayo Clinic, however, Jesse found the answer to that question, and he finally received surgery that fixed the problems. [...]

  4. Mayo Teamwork Puts Basketball Standout Back in the Game

    Katie Stone never had an injury in all her years as a competitive athlete. Then she tore her ACL during an alumni basketball game. But now, thanks to reconstructive surgery and physical therapy, Katie's healthy and active once again. In all her years as a competitive athlete, Katie Stone never had an injury. Not during [...]

  5. Spinal Cord Stimulator Ends 17 Years of Chronic Pain

    A snowmobile accident left Blake Sunde with limited use of his right arm and triggered severe, chronic pain that lasted for years. But two years ago, a new treatment option changed everything and restored the quality of life Blake had been missing for so long. When Blake Sunde collided head-on with a snowmobile in 2003, [...]

  6. Back in the Game After Shoulder Surgery

    When Mike Gyarmaty dislocated his right shoulder, he hoped corrective surgery at Mayo Clinic would return him to his normal way of life. But that surgery, along with the intense rehabilitation that followed, helped Mike go far beyond those hopes. As Mike Gyarmaty raced toward home plate during a corporate softball tournament in Austin, Minnesota, [...]

  7. Spinal Fusion Surgery Revives an Active Lifestyle

    After a sudden injury left her with multiple ruptured disks in her lower back, Pat Henneberry knew Mayo Clinic was the place she wanted to go to help her get back on her feet. Returning to her home in Austin, Texas, one day in spring 2018, Pat Henneberry stepped inside and without warning fell to [...]

  8. Scoliosis Surgery Preserves Teen's Mobility, Boosts Self-Esteem

    As an active teenager, Mason Orth struggled with the back brace she had to wear to correct her scoliosis. And she was hesitant to move forward with the other treatment option presented to her, spinal fusion. But a consult at Mayo Clinic revealed another option -- one that has yielded dramatic results. To 17-year-old Mason [...]

  9. Goodbye to Pain After Long-Delayed Hip Surgery

    The thought of hip replacement surgery made Blake Robinson extremely anxious, and for years, he put off the procedure. But when the pain became too much to bear, his medical team helped Blake overcome his fear. Now with the surgery behind him, and his hip pain gone, he's grateful for the high-quality care he received. [...]
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