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Dr. Howard Luks, MD

Bio

I am a Board-Certified Orthopedic Surgeon and an Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at New York Medical College, and I am privileged to serve as the CHIEF OF SPORTS MEDICINE AND ARTHROSCOPY at University Orthopedics, PC and Westchester Medical Center, where I am entrusted with the training of the next generation of Orthopedic Surgeons.

I am very active in the intersection of social media and healthcare and have been interviewed by ABC news and multiple media outlets. I am an invited lecturer and panelist at many Healthcare and social media events and meetings and I was recently elected to the Advisory Board of the Mayo Clinic's Social Media Network.

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  • University Orthopedics PC

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  • Howard Luks, MD
    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    How can I decide between autograft and allograft for a torn ACL?
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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    How can I decide between autograft and allograft for a torn ACL?

    Once you have made the decision to proceed with an ACL reconstruction, the decision of which graft to use is presented. Many surgeons prefer autograft, yet many surgeons all also prefer allograft. There are many surgeons who will claim that an allograft procedure hurts less. This is not evidence-based

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  • Howard Luks, MD
    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    How is a torn ACL repaired?

    Perhaps the more important question is should an ACL tear be repaired?  Not every patient who tears their ACL requires a repair or a reconstruction of the ACL.  Once again, this is the circumstance where orthopedists need to strive to not treat just an MRI finding --- yet they should strive to treat the patient.  What do I mean by

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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    What is a partial knee replacement?

    Partial knee replacements, as opposed to total knee replacements, only resurface or address the compartment within your knee, which is suffering from osteoarthritis.  Approximately 25% of patients with painful osteoarthritis of the knee are candidates for partial knee replacements.

     

    Partial knee replacements are evolving more so

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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    What is knee replacement?

    Many patients mistakenly believe that during a total knee replacement your actual knee is removed and a new knee is put back in.  Some patients believe we actually utilize bone and cartilage from a cadaver.  Other patients who have done some research realize that we are replacing your old knee with

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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    What could be the reason for pain below my shoulder?

    There are many reasons why patients experience pain below the shoulder.  It is difficult to say exactly what the source of pain might be.  Most patients with  rotator cuff related pain note that their most significant discomfort occurs on the outside of the arm below the shoulder and radiating down towards the

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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    How is shoulder tendonitis treated?

    True tendinitis of the shoulder is actually quite rare.  The most common cause of pain is tendinosis of the rotator cuff.  Most MRIs, when obtained on patients suffering from shoulder pain do not actually show inflammation within the rotator cuff.  They show inflammation within the tissues in the

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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    How is shoulder instability treated?

    Shoulder instability presents as a spectrum of diseases.  There are patients who present following a traumatic epidose with a dislocated shoulder.  Those patients suffer from acute, traumatic instability.  

    There are patients whose arm will simply dislocate without any antecedent trauma.  Those patients typically

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    Howard Luks, MD answered:
    What are the symptoms of shoulder impingement syndrome?

    The symptoms of shoulder impingement very dramatically individual to individual.  Some patients present with very mild discomfort, predominately on the side of their shoulder.  Some patients present with  profound discomfort, the inability to sleep, the inability to use their arm for most of their

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  • Howard Luks, MD
    Howard Luks, MD has posted a blog entry: Meniscus Tears

    See my video here on meniscal tears and their treatment. 

    A meniscus is a cartilage disk that’s found in the knee.  There are actually two of them.  We have one on the inner side of the knee which we call the medial meniscus and one on the outer side of the knee which we call the lateral meniscus

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  • Howard Luks, MD
    Howard Luks, MD has posted a blog entry: Social Media and Healthcare... an intriguing continuum

    At this stage in the evolution of the healthcare and social media continuum — what are some of the most important actions the that the seasoned healthcare and social media professionals could be taking at this very moment to improve the understanding of those on the periphery.

    Standing at the periphery

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