Dr. Jason Stoneback, director of orthopedic trauma and fracture surgery at the University of Colorado Hospital, said replanting a thumb detached in a rodeo injury is extremely difficult because of the way vessels and tissue are crushed.
The Limb Restoration Program at UCH, directed by Dr. Jason Stoneback, uses multidisciplinary care, technology to take on a wide variety of complex cases.
A serious accident, in a foreign country, put Bryan's life on a surprising path. The Limb Restoration team at University of Colorado Hospital puts him back on the road to recovery.
Multiple trauma patient, Devyn Brinkerhoff, was airlifted to University of Colorado Hospital after being in a horrific car accident in Gillette, Wyoming. The severity of her injuries were some of the worst that the UCH doctors, trauma surgeons, and staff had ever seen. After an aggressive stabilization and multiple surgeries, Devyn woke up and began the long road to recovery with the help of doctors, medical staff, rehab specialists, and the unconditional support from her family. This is a story which, instead of ending in tragedy, became a tale of courage, love, and hope.
A local doctor is helping out the talented cowboys who sustained some sort of injury during their two weeks at the National Western Stock Show. And he comes with a sympathetic perspective—he's a cowboy himself, and used to ride bulls and saddle bronc when he was younger.
The National Western Stock Show came to visit Children's Hospital Colorado. Rodeo clowns, cowboys, and cowgirls stopped by to entertain patients with roping, stick horse barrel racing, and music.
In April 2015, along with a few other faculty members, Dr. Jason Stoneback spent a week in China, presenting at two conferences and observing surgeries. The goal: to learn from each other and help patients on both sides of the Pacific.http://www3.uch.edu/uchinsider/orthopedics%20china%20exchange.pdf
The Denver magazine's annual list includes 315 physicians across 95 medical specialties, with doctors chosen by other physicians. The magazine surveys area doctors and asks them which metro-area physicians they would trust to treat themselves and their families. We're proud that Dr. Stoneback is one of our faculty that made the 2015 list!
Jason Stoneback, MD, gave up the rodeo for medical school, but he's found a way to continue his passion and give back to the community he loves by volunteering at professional rodeo events.
One in six women and one in seventeen men will sustain a hip fracture during their lifetime. To improve care for our patients, we launched the multidisciplinary Geriatric Hip Fracture Program at University of Colorado Hospital.
Being a tertiary-care institution means University of Colorado Hospital often takes the toughest cases. Yet for years, UCH was referring some of its most challenging orthopedic trauma cases to other hospitals. Not only has Dr. Stoneback's presence stopped the outflow of patients, it's brought them in.
Stoneback said an orthopedic surgeon would have opened Moore's lower leg and used a scalpel to open the lateral compartment—a collection of muscles, nerves and blood vesicles—to release the swelling. If doctors caught Moore's issue early enough, Moore could escape long-term muscle damage.
Emily Lindley, PhD, is now part of the largest-ever state research program on medical marijuana—and the first that compares the benefits of medical marijuana to a commonly used opioid for chronic pain.