Orthopedic Surgery
Orthopedic Surgery & Medicine
Orthopedic medicine involves the musculoskeletal system including joints, bones, nerves, tendons, muscles, and ligaments. An orthopedic doctor provides treatment for disorders, conditions, and injuries affecting the musculoskeletal system, including orthopedic surgery. As such, orthopedics is a large umbrella that covers a broad range of conditions including chronic pain, arthritis, bone fractures, spinal cord injuries, and rheumatic diseases.
Multi-Disciplinary Care for Southwest Louisiana
From prevention to orthopedic surgery to trauma care to diagnostics to sports medicine, our experts at Lake Charles Memorial provide a wide range of orthopedic services, including minimally invasive surgical techniques major joint problems. We offer our patients advanced, multi-disciplinary care.
- Broken bones/sprains care - Sprains and broken bones can range from minor to severe. Our orthopedic surgeons provide excellent care for patients.
- Orthopedic surgery to include knee, hip, shoulder, wrist, ankle, and hand surgery - We use minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques to provide advanced surgical care for our patients. Most surgeries and procedures take two hours or less. Our minimally invasive procedures facilitate less recovery time, less trauma and pain, fewer days in the hospital, and cleaner results.
- Sports medicine - We provide advanced care for athletes of all levels and ages. Don't let an injury affect your performance. Our orthopedics program is the official provider of sports medicine care for athletic programs at 15 high schools in Louisiana.
- Physical medicine treatments - Many effective treatments do not require orthopedic surgery. This includes treatments targeting arthritis, injuries, tendonitis, multiple sclerosis, and other conditions. Learn more about our physical medicine treatments.
- Diagnostics - Our orthopedics office utilizes advanced digital imaging.
- Bone trauma - Our orthopedic care includes bone trauma cases. We have an orthopedic trauma specialist on call. Our emergency room staff includes board-certified emergency medicine doctors, family medicine residency students, nurses and emergency care certified nurses, and more.
Jeffrey Balazsy, MD
Address: 1717 Oak Park Blvd, 3rd Floor, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Office Number: (337) 494-4900
Specialty: Orthopedics
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Nathan Cohen, MD
Address: 1717 Oak Park Blvd, 3rd Floor, Lake Charles, LA 70601
Office Number: (337) 494-4900
Specialty: Orthopedics
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Kipp Cryar, MD
Address: 4345 Nelson Road, Suite 101, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Office Number: (337) 480-7942
Specialty: Orthopedics
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Alan Hinton, MD
Address: 230 West Sale Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Office Number: (337) 477-5252
Specialty: Orthopedics
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James Jackson, DO
Address: 4345 Nelson Road, Suite 101, Lake Charles, LA 70605
Office Number: (337) 480-7942
Specialty: Orthopedics
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