Trusted Care at Colorado Joint Replacement

From consultation to surgery to recovery, we provide customized treatment and rehab at our AdventHealth Colorado Joint Replacement centers. Every patient has unique needs, and our team cares for you every step of the way.

We lead the way in offering the best patient experience, earning these awards, recognitions and achievements:

• 99th percentile in HCAHPS, the industry standard in patient quality and satisfaction measurement
• 5.0 Healthgrades online rating for all physicians
• Awarded Healthgrades 100 Best Hospitals for Joint Replacement award six years in a row
• Awarded the PRISM award, which provides special national recognition to the exemplary nursing practice of medical-surgical units
• Received the John Insall Award, which recognizes outstanding papers concerning clinical results and techniques
• Received the James A. Rand Young Award, which recognizes a young investigator who demonstrates clinical excellence in knee-related research
• Our providers (Drs. Dennis and Jennings) are part of The Knee Society, an exclusive professional organization of internationally recognized knee surgeons and physicians dedicated to advancing knee care
• Published more than 400 scholarly journal articles and book chapters to help educate other orthopedic surgeons on the latest hip and knee replacement trends and techniques

Some of the nation’s top experts specializing in hip and knee replacement surgery practice here. And our specialists have been performing hip and knee surgeries, corrections and revisions for years.

Here, you can expect:

Easy Scheduling
Getting in to see a specialist should be the least of your worries, so we ensure appointments are easy to book.

Tailored Treatment
We offer many orthopedic treatment options for arthritis, osteoarthritis and joint pain.

Innovative Facilities
Our state-of-the-art joint replacement suite features private rooms and other unique amenities.

Advanced Techniques and Technologies

We offer several highly advanced surgical options, like robotic-assisted total knee replacements, computer-navigation-assisted total knee and hip replacements, customized implant positioning and templating for total hip replacements and biomechanical analysis for revision in total hip replacements.

We offer complex knee joint replacement procedures with anterolateral, posterior and minimally invasive surgical approaches and a team that performs total, unilateral and revision knee replacements. You can also expect comprehensive joint-infection management and personally tailored physical therapy.

At our AdventHealth Colorado Joint Replacement centers, we offer total hip replacements and other complex hip joint replacement procedures, such as revisions, which are corrective joint replacement procedures.

You can also expect a personally tailored physical therapy plan. Research shows that well-designed physical therapy and pain management programs are critical to rapid recovery from joint replacement surgery, and we want you to be able to return to everyday life sooner.

You will have two pre-op appointments: one with AdventHealth Colorado Joint Replacement and one with the doctors following you during your hospital stay. Please plan to spend about three hours between these two appointments.

What to expect at your AdventHealth Colorado Joint Replacement appointment:

• Signing authorizations and consents for surgery
• Completing a questionnaire for our research department
• Having X-rays taken
• Seeing the physician assistant and asking any questions you might have regarding the surgery (we recommend you bring a list and bring the person who will be caring for you after surgery)
• Receiving a list of your postoperative appointments

What to expect from your appointment with the hospital:

• Signing any needed paperwork for the hospital
• Being asked to show your insurance cards and ID
• Having blood work, a urine sample and EKG done (you can eat and drink as normal; these are not fasting blood tests)
• Showing a list of your medications
• Undergoing other tests, based on your health history

Please note that if you plan to have your preoperative appointment with your primary care provider, arrangements must be made beforehand.

After your procedure, we’ll give you detailed instructions for aftercare, which will likely include steps like these:

• Continue with pain medication as needed, and wean off pain medication as you can by cutting down on the dosage, extending the time between doses or both (do not stop pain medications abruptly)

• Take stool softeners and laxatives as needed while on narcotics and stay hydrated

• Maximum Tylenol in 24 hours is 3000 mg (six extra-strength Tylenol); please remember there may be Tylenol in the pain medication you are taking

• Do not drive while taking pain medication until you have control of your leg (typically, this is around three to five weeks from surgery)

• Stay on your crutches or walker for two to three weeks unless instructed differently

• Attempt to move around one time every hour while you are awake

• Continue to ice and elevate at home for at least three hours a day; each session should last 20 to 30 minutes

• Continue wearing stockings for two weeks

• Remove the Aquacel bandage as directed

• After your staples or sutures are removed, wait until the next day to shower (if you have steri-strips applied, you may remove them after two weeks if they are still on)

• Wait to submerge the wound until six weeks after surgery (shower normally and don’t scrub the wound)

• Please only use lotion, cream or scar reduction agent on your wound once cleared by your physician

• Feel free to eat whatever is in your typical diet

During your stay at AdventHealth Porter, you can expect:

• A wing of the hospital is dedicated to joint replacement patients and nurses that specialize in joint care
• You will be up and moving around on the day of your surgery; if your surgery is in the morning, you will have your first physical therapy that same day
• You will have physical therapy and occupational therapy multiple times before you leave the hospital to ensure you can perform daily functions when you go home
• If you have dietary restrictions or requests, our kitchen staff will make the necessary accommodations
• You will be staying in a single-patient room and there is a sleeping space that can be used for a loved one to stay with you overnight
• Please feel free to bring reading material or something to make your stay more comfortable
• On the day of discharge, you will need someone to drive you home and help listen to the discharge instructions