Hip & Knee Replacement in DC Ranch, AZ

DC Ranch residents live an active, connected life — on the golf course, the trails, the 33 miles of community paths, and the Market Street village at the neighborhood’s heart. When hip or knee pain gets in the way, Dr. Brandon Gough offers minimally invasive, robotic-assisted joint replacement designed to get you back to the life DC Ranch is built for.

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Hip and Knee Pain in One of Scottsdale's Most Walkable Luxury Communities

DC Ranch is one of Scottsdale’s most thoughtfully designed master-planned communities — a neighborhood where 33 miles of maintained paths connect residents to the Country Club at DC Ranch, the Gateway Trailhead, and Market Street’s walkable village of dining and shops. It’s a community built for people who stay active, and hip and knee pain can quietly erode access to all of it. When the joint that carries you through a round at the Country Club or along the community paths starts failing, the rhythm of DC Ranch life changes fast. Dr. Brandon Gough is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon practicing in North Scottsdale — minutes from DC Ranch — who specializes in minimally invasive, robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement. He has performed more than 8,000 procedures since 2013. Most of his patients walk the same day as surgery and go home within 24 hours.

Country Club at DC Ranch — the private golf club at the community’s center, with a championship course and year-round play
Gateway Trailhead and McDowell Sonoran Preserve — world-class desert trail access at DC Ranch’s eastern boundary
33 miles of DC Ranch community paths — maintained walking and cycling routes connecting every corner of the neighborhood
Market Street at DC Ranch — the walkable village hub with dining, shops, and community gathering spaces

When Hip or Knee Pain Takes Over DC Ranch Life

DC Ranch is a community designed around connectivity and active living. The paths connect you to the club, the trails, and the village. The golf course rewards walkers. The Gateway Trailhead puts world-class desert hiking at the neighborhood’s edge. Hip and knee pain doesn’t just affect your body — it affects your access to the lifestyle that makes DC Ranch worth living in. When pain from osteoarthritis, joint damage, or a failed previous replacement reaches the point where non-surgical treatments are no longer helping, joint replacement surgery may be the right step forward. Dr. Gough’s approach — robotic precision, muscle-sparing technique, same-day discharge — is designed to minimize the gap between surgery and getting back to DC Ranch life.

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Hip Replacement

From total hip replacement using the Direct Superior approach to complex revision cases, Dr. Gough offers the full range of hip procedures — with same-day discharge as the expected outcome for most patients.
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Knee Replacement

MAKOplasty® robotic-assisted partial and total knee replacement, plus revision surgery for failed replacements. Most patients walk the same day and are back to light activity within weeks.
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Meet Dr. Brandon Gough, M.D.

Dr. Brandon Gough is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and a leader in minimally invasive and robotic-assisted hip and knee replacement. 

Dr. Brandon Gough is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon practicing in North Scottsdale at 8575 E. Princess Dr., Suite 210, Scottsdale, AZ 85255 — minutes from DC Ranch via Thompson Peak Parkway. He has performed more than 8,000 hip and knee procedures since 2013 using robotic-assisted, muscle-sparing techniques that most surgeons in the area do not offer. He is a Stryker-certified MAKOplasty® surgeon and one of a select group in the country trained in the Direct Superior approach to hip replacement. Dr. Gough is also a past consultant and educator for Stryker Orthopaedics, training surgeons from around the world in minimally invasive joint replacement.

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Dr. Brandon Gough MD board-certified orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement in Scottsdale Arizona

Ready to Get Back to Life in DC Ranch?

Most of Dr. Gough’s patients are walking the same day as surgery and back to their neighborhood within weeks. Call 602-359-3088 or complete the form to schedule your consultation and find out which procedure is right for you.

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