ANOTHER FIRST FOR HSS! (Orthopedics This Week)
For the fifth year in a row Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has an infection rate that is significantly lower than the New York State average for hip replacement or revision surgeries, according to a report released by the State Department of Health. It is the only New York hospital to have achieved this result.
Surgeons at Hospital for Special Surgery performed more than 4,300 hip replacement surgeries during the year which was the most in New York State. Among the 165 hospitals included in the report, HSS had a statistically lower surgical site infection rate of 0.46% compared with the state average of 1% for total hip replacement or revision hip procedures.
“At Hospital for Special Surgery, we perform almost four times more total hip replacement surgeries than any other hospital in New York State, and the most in the world,” said Surgeon-in-Chief Thomas P. Sculco, M.D. “We are highly committed to employing the most advanced techniques to prevent this devastating complication. We are also committed to research in finding new ways to prevent infection.”
The HSS anesthesiologists are leaders in using regional anesthesia for joint re...
