I can't say enough about my experience with Dr. Tarlow. He was recommended to me after I had been unhappy with a couple of other knee surgeons. He performed a partial knee replacement on my left knee last month and I was back to work 8 days later! Things I really liked about him: He patiently answered my hundred questions at the pre-op & post-op appointments. He only does knees - no hips, no shoulders - just knees - and he does it very well! I had very little pain and my recovery has been incredibly easy (less pain than when I had previous surgeries to repair torn meniscus in both knees)! The surgery center was very personal and the anesthesiologist on Dr. Tarlow's "team" was amazing. I had always struggled post-anesthesia and told him about my experience. He said he would take care of it - and I didn't even have a headache afterwards! Dr. Tarlow personally returned my phone calls when I had questions after surgery. I am an administrator for a doctor's office and really appreciate the time and care that Dr. Tarlow provided. Wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to anyone in need of knee care! My only negative comment would be that the post-op instructions were a bit confusing and could use some work...
As a side note - I mentioned previous knee repairs and here are some details:
The first one (Dr. Creasman) did an ok job on my left knee after I tore the miniscus - but the pain continued for months after the surgery. I did cortizone injections as well as ortho-visc injections with not much relief. I eventually consulted with Dr. Rockowitz who told me that Dr. Creasman never should have repaired the miniscus and what I really needed was a total knee replacement because of my arthritus. What?? I was so confused and upset - so I did nothing! A few months later I tore the meniscus in my other knee and had Dr. Rockowitz do the repair. A couple of weeks after surgery he needed to drain fluid off my knee and he used a large syringe that literally brought me to tears. He had told me I might feel a "poke"! OMG! He didn't seem to care that I was in pain and lectured me to hold still because he had a needle in my knee. I would never use these doctors again!