‘Short stay’ hip arthroplasty patients show good results in UK

‘Short stay’ hip arthroplasty patients show good results (OrthopedicsToday)
Researchers from the United Kingdom have reported positive results for a short stay hip program, which educates and then discharges patients within 2 days after an uncemented total hip arthroplasty procedure, according to a presentation here.
“Short length of stay is very achievable in the district general hospital setting,” Sebastian Dawson-Bowling, MCRS, stated in his presentation at the British Orthopaedic Association Congress, here. “These are highly reproducible steps and we believe the program can be reproduced e...