Orthopedics / TJR

ASCs across the country have incorporated total joint replacements. Here are ASCs from Georgia that currently include outpatient total joints.

Complication rates for outpatient total hip and knee arthroplasties are similar to inpatient rates for the same procedures, according to research published in Arthroplasty Today.

Outpatient, short-stay total hip arthroplasty is safe for select Medicare-aged patients, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan's Michigan Arthroplasty Registry Collaborative Quality Initiative recently surpassed 250,000 cases.

Michael Chmell, MD, is the medical director of Rockford-based Ortho Illinois Surgery Center. Here, he shares the top opportunities for orthopedic growth in ASCs:

Patient-level costs for primary elective inpatient total shoulder arthroplasty were higher than those for outpatient procedures, according to research published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery.

Outpatient surgery isn't the best option for certain patients, orthopedic surgeon Matt Bernard, MD, explained in a Times Free Press article.

The direct lateral approach for total hip arthroplasty has the lowest risk of mechanical complications, according to research published in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

ASCs across the country are beginning to incorporate outpatient total joint replacements into existing and new ASC projects.

Total knee replacement and unicompartmental knee replacement are viable treatment options for isolated unicompartmental osteoarthritis, according to research published in The BMJ.