Alaska hospital adds total hip replacements

Homer, Alaska-based South Peninsula Hospital orthopedic surgeon Lars Matkin, MD, has performed the first hip replacement surgery at the facility. 

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The patient had been working with two other surgeons at SPH, Brent Adcox, MD, and Kurt Mentzer, MD, who connected him to Dr. Matkin for the procedure, according to a Feb. 3 press release. 

Dr. Matkin primarily practices in Anchorage, but travels to Homer twice a month to treat hip patients. He joins Dr. Adcox and Dr. Mentzer, who practice at SPH full time.

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