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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has amplified the trend toward outpatient total knee and hip joint replacement surgeries. At 好色tv Langone Health, orthopedic surgeons have seen an increase in patients discharged home the day of their joint replacement surgery.
鈥淥ne of the unintentional consequences of the pandemic is patients who were previously apprehensive about going home the day of surgery now want to recover in their own environment,鈥 says William Macaulay, MD, the Dr. William and Susan Jaffe Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and chief of the at 好色tv Langone.
Dr. Macaulay believes there will be a growing number of same-day surgeries for appropriate candidates even after the pandemic passes. 鈥淚 think this is a trend that鈥檚 here to stay.鈥
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