Swedish Medical Center

Our Mission

The Mission of Swedish Medical Center is to provide compassionate, high-quality patient care that meets the caring and cost effective expectations of our patients, physicians, employees and volunteers, and to preserve and strengthen the Swedish tradition of community service.

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Denver, CO
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On May 09

Stroke: Why Every Second Counts

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. Like heart attacks, strokes happen suddenly and can affect anyone. These so-called “brain attacks” occur when blood flow to ...
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On Apr 09

How are stable hip fractures treated?

A stable hip fracture, where the fracture has not moved or impacted itself, and the bone has not become crushed, can typically be fixed with just three screws through a very small incision. You wil...
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On Apr 09

What are the benefits of a hip replacement for a femoral neck fracture?

Since the goal of doctors is always to return people to their previous level of function before their injury, the treatment choice for a femoral neck fracture is a total hip replacement. It tends t...
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On Apr 09

How do doctors place a hip implant during hip replacement surgery?

Hip replacement surgery can be performed with an anterior (from the front) or posterior (from the back) approach. During an anterior hip replacement, a customized table is used that allows the doct...
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On Apr 09

When don't bones heal by themselves?

The human body has a wonderful system to heal broken bones; in the case of some very severe injuries, though, a broken bone may not heal properly. It might not heal because the bone may have shatte...
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On Apr 09

What level of function do prostheses and braces allow people to have?

Whether someone has had limb salvage surgery (primarily performed to remove bone and soft-tissue cancers occurring in limbs in order to avoid amputation) or an amputation, advances in braces and pr...
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On Apr 09

Who is part of a stroke treatment team?

Nurses, radiologists, and rehabilitation specialists are all part of stroke treatment.
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On Apr 09

What precautions should I take after a posterior hip replacement?

The traditional posterior hip replacement is a well-known approach that has a good track record. The downside of the posterior approach is the risk of dislocating your hip replacement after the sur...
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On Apr 09

What type of doctor should I see if I have an infected bone?

Infected bones following fractures are often treated by orthopedic traumatologists, who have an advanced level of training that involves an extra year or two of training after a surgical residency....
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On Apr 09

Why do I need my hip examined if I have back pain?

Pain that you think is emanating from your back may instead be due to your hip. It’s very important for doctors to look at the spine and the hip, seeking to determine the true source of pain ...
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On Apr 09

When is an amputation considered the only treatment option?

There are generally two groups of people who end up with amputations. In the first group are those who have been injured severely and the blood vessels to their leg or their arm have been severed, ...
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On Apr 09

How is a displaced femoral neck fracture treated?

In the event of a femoral fracture, if the ball has fallen off the "ice cream cone" so to speak, or if the femoral neck fracture is displaced, meaning the ball is nowhere near the femur a...
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On Apr 09

What do doctors in an orthopedic trauma practice do?

Doctors in an orthopedic trauma practice treat people with broken bones and other musculoskeletal injuries, not just at the time of the injury but also later in life when problems may develop that ...
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On Apr 09

What kind of doctor should I see if I have a bone fracture?

Not every broken bone requires a fracture specialist or orthopedic trauma specialist, but many do. Increasingly, research shows that people do better long-term, have better functional results, retu...
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On Apr 09

What type of trauma center is best to go to if I’m seriously injured?

To a large degree, you don't really have a choice about where to go when you’re seriously injured—in a motor vehicle accident, for example. That said, you would want to go to a Leve...
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