Dr. Matthew Sloan is an orthopedic specialist and fellowship-trained hip and knee surgeon. Dr. Sloan has broad experience in clinical practice as well as research. Dr. Sloan currently practices at Orthopedic Affiliates in Concord, MA where he is the first fellowship-trained total joint replacement surgeon to bring the advanced techniques he mastered in Boston to the Emerson Hospital community. He has brought his skills in the treatment of total joint infections, revision surgeries, and periprosthetic fractures (broken bones around hip and knee replacement) to the area, so that patients no longer need to travel to the city for these services.
The Hip and Knee Relief Website is founded by Dr. Sloan to serve as a comprehensive educational resource to provide the public with clear, high quality, evidence-based information. This information is not only about surgical treatment, but provides an unbiased source of advice on all possible alternatives to surgery, including lifestyle modifications, holistic wellness, multi-disciplinary arthritis management programs, medication options, injections and other new and evolving therapy options for hip and knee pain. We hope that this website will be a trusted source for expert hip and knee advice so that you may make the best informed decision for your health!
Dr. Sloan is passionate about advancing the field of joint replacement surgery and has published research on numerous topics in the top academic journals, including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, the Bone and Joint Journal (British), the Journal of Arthroplasty, and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. He has had the honor to be selected to speak nationally about his research at the Annual Meetings for the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons and the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. He has been interviewed about his publications by The New York Times, CNN, Reuters, Popular Science, and the Arthritis Foundation National Blog. Read more →
Finally got the full video from our #AAHKS2021 presentation. Always honored to be a part of the discussion to improve care for our joint replacement patients.
For the current and future Med students, residents, fellows, and even young attendings trying to build your academic career:
How do you get into the residency or fellowship of your dreams?
How do you choose the appropriate rotation of your total knee femoral component?
One of the hottest topics these days is spinopelvic mobility and identifying our high risk dislocation patients preoperatively to minimize dislocation risk. One of the newer strategies available to us is a dual mobility implant.
Leg length and offset in total hip Arthroplasty
I got so many comments on this story that I had to turn it into a full post. Full disclosure: not a patient I’m caring for, sent this picture from a friend, but great illustration of the basic Arthroplasty concepts of #leglength and #offset
Evaluating hip arthritis in a patient with lumbar spine disease
Just perusing my upcoming clinic schedule and I see a 60-year-old woman with this x-ray in the system, otherwise unknown to the practice.
When I see a #partialkneereplacement candidate in the office, I discuss the many benefits of partial knee compared with #totalkneereplacement
The mechanical axis is found by drawing a line from the center of the femoral head through the center of the knee joint and down to the center of the ankle. Because we stand upright and our femur starts away from midline at the top to allow for rotational motion, the anatomical axis of the femur is in 6 degrees of valgus (on average) from the mechanical axis.
The least invasive, easiest way to decrease symptoms from arthritis is to avoid activities that cause pain. This is what we call “activity modification”.
