Specialties and Treatment Options
In addition to surgical treatment, Dr. Vermillion advocates non-operative care whenever possible. This type of treatment may include:
- Medical therapy—anti inflammatory medicines
- Physical Therapy—improves quadriceps muscle function
- Steroid injections—temporary relief of inflammation
- Hyaluronate injections—series of 3 into the knee with excellent relief for patients with mild/moderate disease
- Chondroitin/glucosamine—may help reduce cartilage thinning
- Electrical stimulation—increases activity of cartilage cells
- Bracing/wedges– offloads damaged part of knee
If it is determined that surgery is necessary, Dr. Vermillion specializes in the following procedures:
Knee
- Arthroscopy—long term results variable
- Osteotomy—changes alignment to offload damaged part of knee
- Augologous cartilage cell implantation—fixes cartilage that is damaged
- Osteochondral Allograft (OATS) procedure
- Meniscus allograft
- Meniscus debridement
- Meniscus repair
- Cartilage microfracture
- Double bundle ACL reconstruction
- Collateral ligament reconstruction
- Mini incision knee arthroplasty —partial and complete joint replacement
- Total knee revision
Foot & Ankle
- Lateral ligament reconstruction
- Autologous cell implantation
- Arthroscopy
- Peroneal tendon repair/reconstruction
- Subtalar fusion
- MTP fusion
- Ankle fusion
- Toe deformity correction
- Bunionectomy
- Correction of foot deformity
- Posterior tibialis reconstruction
Hip
- Total hip arthroplasty
- Total hip revision
- Hip core decompression
Shoulder
- Bankart repair
- Arthroscopy
- Debridement
- Total shoulder arthroplasty
- Hemiarthroplasty
- Rotator cuff repair
- Repair of biceps tendon
- Repair of SLAP lesion
Elbow
- Total elbow arthroplasty
- Elbow arthroscopy
- Tennis elbow
- Medial collateral ligament reconstruction
- Biceps tendon repair
Wrist
- Arthroscopy
- Scaphoid non-union
- Tendon debridement
Hand
- Carpal tunnel release
- Trigger finger release
- Fractures
- Tendon Repair