About Us: Why Choose Dr. Bertram

Top Ten Reasons You Want Dr. Bertram to Do Your Total Joint Surgery

10. He has tremendous experience and experience counts. He has performed thousands of hip and knee surgeries. Surgeons with experience make fewer mistakes in Total Joint Surgery. Gray hair is a good thing. Dr. Bertram’s grandfather and father were surgeons and taught him the following: “Good Surgical Judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad surgical judgment.”

9. He has special training in Total Joint Surgery, and completed a fellowship at the prestigious New England Baptist Hospital, one of the premier orthopaedic hospitals in the world.

8. In reviews of Medicare data at Naples Community Hospital, Dr. Bertram continues to show very low complication rates with surgery.

7. He has pioneered the use of platelet gel in Total Hip and Knee surgery. Platelet Gel improves wound healing and decreases blood loss. His transfusion rate for Total Knees is 3%. National average is 25%. He has the lowest blood utilization rate of any surgeon at NCH.

6. In a nationwide review of patient satisfaction criteria, Dr. Bertram ranked in the 98th Percentile for Total Joint patients during their hospital stay. That is to say he was in the top 2% of physicians for providing good customer satisfaction.

5. He has a device and technique that gets the leg lengths right during Total Hip Replacement Surgery.

4. Dr. Bertram continues to have an extremely low dislocation rate for Total Hip Replacement Surgery.

3. His Hip and Knee Replacement patients recover faster than other surgeons because of his “Accelerated Recovery Technique”. It is not uncommon for patients to be off their canes at 2 weeks, and driving at 2 weeks.

2. He has the same team operating with him on every Total Joint Case.

1. His practice focus is on Total Joint Surgery, not Sports Medicine, not General Orthopaedics. By focusing his attention on one thing, he can do a better job for you.