Here are six points:
1. Clayton Martin, a 55-year old firefighter and part-time contractor, has undergone three joint replacements at the ASC.
2. In 2014, he became the center’s first total hip replacement patient.
3. Six weeks after that first procedure he returned for a total joint replacement of the other hip.
4. In the fall, he returned once again for knee replacement surgery.
5. James C. Ballard, MD, performed all the surgeries.
6. The surgery center is the first in the Northwest to perform same-day total hip replacements.
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