Term for "joint replacement"

Prior to the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, the healthcare industry was tracking the rising popularity of Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) as an alternative to more expensive in-patient hospital surgeries. The number of ASCs providing outpatient joint replacements grew from only 25 in 2014 to over 200 in 2017. While that growth slowed slightly… Continue Reading »

When older patients are researching their hip replacement options online, they’re going to find a lot of positive press coverage of same-day hip replacement surgery. The Watson-Jones anterior approach – also known as anterior hip replacement – is a less invasive procedure that can be performed on an outpatient basis. This makes it a more… Continue Reading »