Who writes the medical information on this site?
Dr. Kevin Plancher writes and approves the clinical content on this site before anything is published.
He treats patients in New York in sports medicine, and in conditions of the knee, shoulder, and hand and wrist, and the pages here are built from that clinical focus rather than general reference material.
Does a physician review every page before it goes live?
Yes. Every condition and procedure page is checked against Dr. Plancher's own practice record: the conditions listed are conditions he treats, and the procedures described are procedures he performs, such as arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, total shoulder replacement, and partial knee replacement.
Is this website meant to diagnose my condition?
No. The pages here explain conditions such as anterior cruciate ligament tears, shoulder injuries, and hand injuries in plain language so you can understand your options, but a diagnosis requires an in-person evaluation with Dr. Plancher or another qualified physician.
How do you decide which conditions and procedures to cover?
Coverage follows Dr. Plancher's own practice, not a general list of orthopedic topics.
His training set that scope directly: he completed fellowship training in shoulder and knee reconstruction and sports medicine at The Steadman-Hawkins Clinic in Vail, Colorado, and in hand and microvascular surgery at The Indiana Hand Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, which is why this site covers knee, shoulder, and hand and wrist conditions and treats sports medicine as a core focus rather than an add-on.
Where do the medical facts on this site come from?
Every clinical fact on this site traces to Dr. Plancher's training, his practice record at Plancher Orthopedics, or a named medical source cited in the text.
Dr. Plancher earned his medical degree at Georgetown University School of Medicine before his fellowship training, and that same traceability standard applies to every page: a claim without a named, checkable source is removed rather than left unverified.
Does this site make promises about surgical outcomes?
No. Recovery and outcome information is given as ranges, not guarantees, because healing time varies by patient; where a page describes what to expect after a procedure like arthroscopic Bankart repair or reverse shoulder replacement, it describes typical patterns rather than predicting any one patient's result.
This content is educational and is not a substitute for medical advice from Dr. Plancher or another qualified physician.