The Total Joint registry at UMass enters its 2nd year to enroll 33,000 patients

UMass study looks at joint replacement surgery (Telegram)
University of Massachusetts Medical School researchers are touting — in a prestigious journal — a model they have developed to better understand the outcome of total joint replacement surgeries, from the patient’s perspective.
A team of medical school researchers is in the second year of a four-year, $12 million federal grant to enroll 33,000 total joint replacement recipients in a registry and analyze the data. Researchers at the school are trying to understand what practices and circumstances contribute to a successful replacement.
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