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#36 - What Happens When the Surgeon Becomes the Patient? Farzin Kabaei, MD
What changes when a joint replacement surgeon experiences knee replacement from the other side of the operating table?
Dr. Farzin Kabaei is a Los Angeles orthopedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement, complex reconstruction, and orthopedic trauma. But his perspective on joint replacement is also deeply personal. After an ACL injury as a teenager, progressive arthritis, a high tibial osteotomy, multiple surgeries, and years of worsening knee pain, he ultimately underwent a knee replacement himself.
In this episode, we discuss how that experience changed the way he counsels…
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