Bob West – Wilkes-Barre General Hospital

“I’m 100 percent better than I was before surgery.”

“I realized there may be a problem when I started having trouble getting around at work,” Robert West, telecommunication technician at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital said. “My job requires me to frequently walk the halls, climb stairs and navigate ladders. It was simply becoming more difficult to do these tasks.”

That’s when Robert spoke with someone he frequently saw walking the halls at the hospital – James Mattucci, M.D., orthopedic surgeon and independent member of the medical staff at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.

“I knew it was time for joint replacement surgery when I struggled to lift my motorcycle off its kickstand.”

Since the procedure, Robert is free of pain and once again doing the things he enjoys.

“I’m 100 percent better than I was before surgery,” Robert said. “I can’t say enough about the help I received from Dr. Mattucci and the hospital. I’m back to riding my motorcycle, climbing ladders and, perhaps most impressively, keeping up with my grandchildren.”