Orthopedics / TJR

A JAMA Internal Medicine study cited by MedicalExpress found that older total joint replacement patients are increasingly choosing to recover at home rather than at skilled nursing facilities.

Outpatient total hip arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty is feasible in an academic multidisciplinary tertiary care hospital, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Les Schwendeman, MD, medical director of the Youngstown, Ohio-based The Orthopaedic Surgery Center, said the practice's growth over the past two years led to plans to construct a new center in Boardman, Ohio, according to The Business Journal.

Jon Cornelius, MD, of Lebanon, Tenn.-based Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, spoke about outpatient joint replacement using robotics with the Lebanon (Tenn.) Democrat.

Here are eight studies on outpatient joint replacement covered by Becker's ASC Review so far in 2019:

A new study published in The Journal of Arthroplasty examined outpatient total joint replacements and one-night inpatient joint replacements to compare the burden of care for surgeons.

Patients in Batavia, N.Y. no longer need to drive to Buffalo, N.Y., or Rochester, N.Y., for a hip replacement thanks to Nicholas Loffredo, MD, Buffalo Business First reports.

A bundled payment program can lower 90-day episode of care costs for Medicare patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Anticholinergics and cholinesterase inhibitors during anesthesia may need to be avoided in patients undergoing outpatient total joint arthroplasty in an ASC due to the risk of postoperative urinary retention, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Total joint replacements in ASCs are increasing in popularity and becoming more common. The shift to value-based care, insurance coverage expansion and studies showing good patient outcomes in the outpatient setting are just some of the trends driving total joints…