When it comes to hip replacement surgery, there are a few different approaches that surgeons utilize. Access to the hip joint can be gained posteriorly (back), laterally (side), anteriorly (front), and anteriorly (through the bikini incision).
Same-day surgeries have continued to rise over the last decade, and for good reason. Same-day hip replacement surgery, or “rapid-recovery hip replacement”, is a minimally invasive hip surgery that allows the patient to return home on the day of surgery.
Roughly 3 million Americans have hip replacement surgery each year with women needing it more frequently than men. Over the last few decades, surgical techniques in hip replacement have come a long way.
Medical technology, technique, and pain management advancements have allowed patients to have outpatient knee replacement surgery. Outpatient knee replacement surgery, also called “rapid recovery knee replacement,”
Knee Replacement is considered a routine procedure. Every year, over 600,000 knee replacement surgeries are carried out in the United States. Over 90 percent of patients experience a dramatic improvement in pain levels and mobility.
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