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Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: The New Reality.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Rozell, JC; Ast, MP; Jiranek, WA; Kim, RH; Della Valle, CJ
Published in: J Arthroplasty
July 2021

As perioperative protocols have improved, there has been a reduction in the rates of key complications after hip and knee arthroplasty. Likewise, as we have been able to make patients more comfortable postoperatively, hospital length of stay has decreased and in some centers, hip and knee arthroplasty is now routinely performed as an outpatient. While the number of surgeons offering this option and patients choosing to have procedures performed as an outpatient grows, many questions revolve around this movement. This article will review the data supporting outpatient arthroplasty, the business and legal aspects involved, if surgeons can align with their hospital to offer these services, and how tightly knit and highly organized teams are key to the success of safely offering hip and knee arthroplasty on an outpatient basis.

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Published In

J Arthroplasty

DOI

EISSN

1532-8406

Publication Date

July 2021

Volume

36

Issue

7S

Start / End Page

S33 / S39

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Patient Discharge
  • Outpatients
  • Orthopedics
  • Length of Stay
  • Humans
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Rozell, J. C., Ast, M. P., Jiranek, W. A., Kim, R. H., & Della Valle, C. J. (2021). Outpatient Total Joint Arthroplasty: The New Reality. J Arthroplasty, 36(7S), S33–S39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arth.2021.02.030
Journal cover image

Published In

J Arthroplasty

DOI

EISSN

1532-8406

Publication Date

July 2021

Volume

36

Issue

7S

Start / End Page

S33 / S39

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Patient Discharge
  • Outpatients
  • Orthopedics
  • Length of Stay
  • Humans
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
  • Ambulatory Surgical Procedures
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 3202 Clinical sciences