When Mary Carlson realized she would need her knee replaced, the Orcas Island resident spent hours researching the best place to have it done, considering a handful of hospitals between California's Napa Valley and Bellingham, Wash.
“This has been a couple years process of getting to this point,” she said. “I want this (new knee) to last a long time.” After interviewing several surgeons, the former operating room nurse decided on computer-assisted surgery performed by Dr. Craig McAllister,…
When Mary Carlson realized she would need her knee replaced, the Orcas Island resident spent hours researching the best place to have it done, considering a handful of hospitals between California's Napa Valley and Bellingham, Wash.
“This has been a couple years process of getting to this point,” she said. “I want this (new knee) to last a long time.” After interviewing several surgeons, the former operating room nurse decided on computer-assisted surgery performed by Dr. Craig McAllister,…