Saint Agnes Medical Center's orthopedic department continues to grow

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- "Early on, we identified that it is an underserved country successful the Central Valley for sports and orthopedics, which led america to make our Orthopedics and Sports Fellowship grooming program," says Dr. Richard Oravec.

Since then, the Sports Medicine programme astatine St. Agnes Medical Center has grown.

Last year, the programme graduated its archetypal fellow, with different acceptable to postgraduate successful June.

Dr. Oravec oversees the program.

"Which is going to summation entree to patients yet due to the fact that a batch of these fellows, erstwhile they graduate, are going to enactment present successful the Central Valley and supply amended attraction for our patients," helium said. "That besides keeps america astatine the pinnacle of aesculapian education."

It's not conscionable astir reaching caller heights successful aesculapian education.

Saint Agnes besides utilizes the Mako Robot to assistance with genu and hep surgery.

"It's helped america bash it adjacent much minimally invasively than we were before," says Dr. Matt Knedel. "Makes things much close and truly helps america customize the genu replacements for our patients."

Dr. Knedel, an orthopedics surgeon astatine St. Agnes Medical Center, tells Action News that done the Mako Robot, it eases the symptom for patients aft surgery.

"The robotics helps america minimize harm to those muscles and tendons truthful that patients tin retrieve faster," helium said.

To assistance radical who are dealing with antithetic kinds of joint, musculus oregon bony symptom and request contiguous help, determination is an ortho urgent attraction that radical tin visit.

They tin get fracture attraction to x-ray services.

This year, the hospital's Orthopedic Department received respective awards.

Doctors accidental arsenic the section continues to grow, truthful does the level of care.

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