About The Clinic: The Surgeon
 Dr. Swanson is one of the country’s leading Total Joint Replacement surgeons. Since 1997 he has performed over 2000 minimally invasive total hip procedures. He has been teaching this new technique to other surgeons, and reports his own research demonstrating the procedure’s benefits (see Publications and Presentations ).
Dr. Todd Swanson graduated from Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and attended Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Missouri. He completed his general orthopedic training at the University of California, Davis in Sacramento, California and specialized in total joint replacement of the hip, knee, and shoulder during a fellowship at the Metropolitan/Mount Sinai Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Since finishing his fellowship in 1991, Dr. Swanson has practiced
with Desert Orthopedic Center in Las Vegas, Nevada (www.doclv.com).
Board certified and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, Dr. Swanson focuses his practice on total joint replacements of the hip, knee and shoulder. Dr. Swanson serves as a consultant for orthopedic implant companies and directs the Desert Orthopedic Research Foundation, a not-for-profit research organization working to benefit patients with orthopedic problems. Several research studies and orthopedic implant design innovations have been developed through Dr. Swanson's work and research. Additionally, he directs the Desert Orthopaedic Center Adult Reconstructive Fellowship program, a post-residency
training program that prepares orthopedic surgery graduates for a career
in total joint replacement surgery.
Dr. Swanson's CV (PDF format)
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The minimally invasive total
hip replacement was developed by Dr. Swanson after being introduced
to the concept in early
1997. Dr. Swanson began using the technique in May of 1997 and has continued
to make improvements that now allow reliable surgery and reproducibly
good results in most patients. Standardization of the technique has allowed
teaching to other surgeons. Numerous physicians and orthopedic companies
have shown interest in promoting “minimally invasive surgery” for
total hip replacements.
The minimally invasive technique utilizes a 3-4
inch incision, much smaller than the 8-10 inch approach historically
used for hip replacement. Patients require less anesthesia and pain medication,
and mobilize more quickly. This results in both quicker recovery for
the patient and a lower incidence of complications.
Patients typically recover from minimally
invasive surgery in about half the time it takes to recover from standard
incision surgery (6 weeks vs. 12 weeks).
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