Education
We invite you to learn more about the state-of-the-art orthopedic surgeries performed by surgeon Aham Onyike, MD. Click on the links below to explore these resources. For further information or to make an appointment, contact us in Washington, D.C./Maryland at +1 301 856 1682 or in Nigeria at +234 703 122 7100. You can also request an appointment now.
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Joint Replacement Surgery
- Total joint replacement
- Preparing for joint replacement surgery
- Total joint replacement: questions patients should ask their surgeon
- Before and after total joint replacement (video)
- Obesity, weight loss, and joint replacement surgery
- Joint replacement infection
- Preventing infection after joint replacement surgery (video)
- Total versus partial joint replacement: what are the differences?
- Minimally invasive total knee replacement
- Total knee replacement
- Total knee replacement procedure (video)
- Revision total knee replacement
- Patellofemoral replacement
- Unicompartmental knee replacement
- Knee replacement implants
- Patient story: Post-traumatic arthritis and total knee replacement
- Patient story: Osteoarthritis and total knee replacement
- Activities after knee replacement
- Minimally invasive total hip replacement
- Total hip replacement
- Total hip replacement procedure (video)
- Revision total hip replacement
- Q&A about metal-on-metal hip implants
- Dislocation after total hip replacement
- Activities after hip replacement
Orthopedic Conditions We Treat
- Acetabular fractures
- ACL injury: does it require surgery?
- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries
- Arthritis: an overview
- Collateral ligament injuries
- Combined knee ligament injuries
- Common knee injuries
- Fractures
- High school sports injuries
- Hip dislocation
- Hip fractures
- Infections
- Inflammatory arthritis of the hip
- Juvenile arthritis
- Meniscus tears
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteonecrosis of the hip
- Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injuries
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sprains, strains, and other soft-tissue injuries
- Stress fractures
Other Knee Surgeries
Regenerative Medicine
- Helping fractures health (orthobiologics)
- Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy
Aham Onyike, MD
Board-Certified, Fellowship-Trained Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr. Aham Onyike specializes in joint replacement surgery of the hip and knee – and is widely known for his excellence as a “Patient’s Choice” physician in these areas. His other areas of expertise include general orthopedics, fracture care, work-related injuries, and sports medicine and athletic injuries. He subsequently obtained his medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in Newark in 1999. He completed his residency at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., where he was awarded the title of Resident of the Year in his final year. He completed his fellowship training in adult reconstruction at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Onyike received his board certification in orthopedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He has been practicing in US for almost two decades.