Brian is filmed in the hospital 2 days after hip replacement surgery performed by Dr. Alan Nasar. He participated in our rapid recovery program. Brian talks about his experience and demonstrates his ability to get around on his own with ease.

Olga is an 86-year-old female who had a left total knee replacement performed by Dr. Nasar. She was filmed 2 weeks after surgery at CareOne Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, NJ on November 7, 2007. Olga talks about how pleased she is with the results of surgery and how excited she is to go home. Olga shows off how nicely and comfortably she walks just 2 weeks after her surgery. She was discharged shortly after the video was recorded.

Sam is an 87-year-old male who had a left total knee replacement performed by Dr. Nasar. He was filmed 9 days after surgery at CareOne Rehabilitation Center in Jackson, NJ on November 7, 2007. He talks about his symptoms leading up to the knee replacement and how pleased he is with his progress and lack of pain. Ray, the director of rehabilitation at CareOne talks about how impressed he is with the rapid progress and lack of pain he sees with Dr. Nasar’s patients.

Beverly is a 65-year-old female who had a right total knee replacement using the Zimmer Gender Solutions technology at CentraState. She talks about her experience at the Total Joint Center of New Jersey with Dr. Nasar as her surgeon. Beverly found the pre-operative patient education seminar invaluable. She talks about how pleasant here recovery was at the hospital and at CareOne in Jackson where she stayed for rehabilitation. Finally, Beverly shows off her new walk one month after surgery as well as here excellent, pain-free, range of motion.

George had a left shoulder replacement performed by Alan S. Nasar, MD three months prior to this video. He talks about the surgery and recovery. He shows off his excellent motion and function.

Barbara is a 54-year-old female who had a right total knee replacement performed by Dr. Nasar. She was filmed at the Symposium: Free Yourself from Knee Pain at CentraState in June of 2007. Barbara discusses her surgical experience and recovery as well as what it was like returning to work after knee replacement surgery.

George is a 71-year-old male who had a right total knee replacement performed by Dr. Nasar. He was filmed at the Symposium: Free Yourself from Knee Pain at CentraState in June of 2007. George discusses how he chose Dr. Nasar to be his surgeon. He states that he is sorry that he waited so long before having surgery. In comparison to his previous left knee replacement, George notices much less pain and a faster recovery with his right knee replacement.

Gary Gelman interviews Alan Nasar MD and Brian Mason DPT for CentraState’s Healthwatch. Topics include advances in joint replacement surgery, pain management and rehabilitation… WATCH VIDEO

Dr. Nasar performs a Zimmer knee replacement using Patient Specific Instrumentation (PSI) custom cutting guides. The surgical video is narrated and demonstrates the technique. PSI guides are fabricated based on pre-operative MRI’s of the patient’s knee. They are custom made for each patient. Bone resections for the arthroplasty are planned in advance and built into the custom guides.
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Dr. Berkowitz and Dr. Nasar perform a Carticel Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation procedure. This involves culturing and growing the patient’s own cartilage cells and implanting the cells into the knee to restore healthy cartilage.
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