Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center is now offering telehealth virtual visits so patients can receive care from the safety and comfort of home. This alternative to a conventional clinic visit gives patients the ability to connect with a Crystal Clinic physician, physical therapist, hand therapist, or clinician through the use of a smartphone, tablet, laptop or […]
4/9/2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center continues to offer QuickCare orthopaedic services for the expert treatment of joint, muscle and bone-related injuries, such as breaks, sprains, strains and minor lacerations. These services are provided at four locations in Canton, Green, Hudson and Montrose for patients age 5 years and older. Before going to […]
3/26/2020
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center hand and upper extremity surgeon, John Dietrich, M.D., and Crystal Clinic Plastic Surgeons physician Derek Cody, M.D., teamed up in October 2019 to perform Northeast Ohio’s first targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) procedure at the shoulder/brachial plexus level. Targeted muscle reinnervation surgically transfers damaged nerves to new motor nerve targets to provide […]
1/21/2020
As a physician-owned, specialty hospital focused on orthopaedics, as well as plastic and reconstructive surgery, Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center is in a unique position to drive new breakthroughs and standards in care through physician-led innovations. The center’s foot and ankle team of Gordon Bennett, M.D.; Erin Dean, M.D.; and David Kay, M.D., collaborate in the research, development […]
12/10/2019
Crystal Clinic Plastic Surgeons will host its third annual Pink Runway event on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Bradley’s Catering, 507 S. Cleveland-Massillon Road in Fairlawn. Doors open at 6 p.m. This unique event is designed to celebrate and empower women facing breast cancer with the knowledge to make the best, […]
9/26/2019
Two surgical innovations developed by Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center are advancing care for patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and cartilage loss in joints through the use of biologic therapy. These advancements promote the body’s natural ability to heal, and provide a simpler, more cost-effective approach that is accelerating recovery and improving patient outcomes. […]
8/20/2019
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center is one of the first hospitals in Northeast Ohio to offer robotic-arm assisted partial and total knee replacements with Stryker’s Mako System. This highly advanced robotic technology adds to our ability to successfully replace knee joints and will now enable our surgeons to have an additional tool for the difficult knee joint […]
10/5/2018
Thanks to a new surgical tool that’s recently become available in the United States, people who have bunions now have another option for correcting them. The Minimally Invasive Chevron Akin (MICA) technique uses a specially designed high-speed cutting instrument that allows surgeons, like Crystal Clinic’s Dr. David Kay, to make smaller incisions than what was previously possible. Dr. Kay […]
9/10/2018
Crystal Clinic Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Jovan Laskovski, has developed a new surgical technique to repair tears to the abductor tendons that commonly cause lateral hip pain. His technique was published in February 2018’s The Arthroscopy Techniques Journal. According to Laskovski, these problems tend to be frustrating for both orthopaedic surgeons and sports medicine physicians because MRIs […]
5/2/2018
Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center surgeon Curtis Noel, M.D. was a member of the Exactech design team that developed the Equinoxe® Stemless Shoulder, a state-of-the-art bone conserving and canal sparing prosthesis that is compatible with the Equinoxe® Shoulder System. Exactech, a leading developer and producer of bone and joint restoration products and biologic solutions for extremities, knee and […]
3/20/2018