Orthopedics / TJR

Hendersonville, Tenn.-based Indian Lake Surgery Center is among SurgCenter Development's 101 facilities performing outpatient joint replacements, according to Pam Arnold, RN, the facility's administrator.

SurgCenter Development facilities have performed thousands of outpatient joint replacements across the U.S.

Here are seven orthopedics-driven ASCs that were opened or announced in March and April:

Brighton (Mich.) Center for Specialty Care now offers total hip and total knee arthroplasty.

Hospital length of stay is decreasing for total knee arthroplasty, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

At the Surgery Center at Pelham, careful patient management leads to successful total joint replacement surgeries in the outpatient setting, while payer management leads to profitable financial outcomes.

Minneapolis-based Twin Cities Orthopedics significantly reduced opioid use by implementing new protocols at its 48 facilities and urgent care clinics, without lowering patient satisfaction or affecting pain scores.

Outpatient joint replacement is becoming a popular option among patients, according to Vivek Shah, MD, who performs outpatient total joint surgeries at Boston-based Brigham and Women's Hospital.

ASCs across the country have incorporated total joint replacements. Here are several in New Jersey that include outpatient total joints.

ASCs across the country have incorporated total joint replacements. Here are several ASCs in New York that include outpatient total joints.