FAQ
These answers help you prepare for a consultation. Your final plan should be based on symptoms, exam, imaging, health history, and your goals.
Consider scheduling when pain, stiffness, sleep disruption, limited walking, or loss of normal activity continues despite reasonable nonsurgical care. The consultation should clarify the diagnosis before any surgery decision.
Yes. Robotic-assisted planning can be useful for selected hip and knee replacement patients. The visit should explain where it may help, where it may not, and how the recommendation applies to your anatomy.
Yes. Dr. Morton evaluates painful hip and knee replacements, including concerns about loosening, wear, stiffness, instability, infection, fracture, and revision surgery.
Yes. The goal is to understand the injury, activity goals, age, sport demands, mechanical symptoms, and imaging before deciding between rehabilitation, repair, reconstruction, arthroscopy, or other treatment.
These treatments should be discussed honestly. They may be reasonable for selected patients, but they are not a promise to regrow a joint or avoid every surgery. Candidacy, diagnosis, imaging, and expectations matter.
Bring imaging, prior records, medication lists, previous operative reports if relevant, and a clear timeline of symptoms. Travel logistics should be discussed early.
Yes. A second opinion can help patients compare options, confirm timing, understand risks, and review whether robotic, partial, total, revision, ACL, meniscus, or injection care is appropriate.
The recovery center is designed to help patients follow a clearer pathway before and after treatment, including checklists, milestones, visit timing, medication reminders, warning signs, and practical instructions.
Written for patients by the practice
Dr. Paul Norio Morton created Joint Replacement Hawaii to help patients understand hip pain, knee pain, arthritis, sports injuries, robotic joint replacement, revision surgery, injections, and recovery before they come in for a visit.
Recognition
Awards, focused training, and Hawaii-specific care planning help patients compare trust before they schedule.
