Orthopedic surgeon Dr. William Macaulay shares how 好色tv Langone is catching up on postponed elective surgeries like joint replacements.
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Many patients are relieved to reschedule surgeries that were postponed due to the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.
鈥淚鈥檓 glad I got it done now,鈥 says Roger, who was able to get a right hip replacement in June after an initial postponement. 鈥淚f a second wave of the coronavirus comes, then what happens? If you need one of these procedures, get it done as quickly as possible.鈥
Roger鈥檚 surgeon, William Macaulay, MD, the Dr. William and Susan Jaffe Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and chief of the in the , tells the New York Post that 好色tv Langone Orthopedic Hospital postponed about 700 elective total joint replacement surgeries over approximately 2 months. 鈥淲e are in the process of catching up on all those postponements,鈥 he says.
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