FIRST OUTPATIENT HIP REPLACEMENT IN NYC (Orthopedics This Week)
NYU Langone Medical Center has become the first academic medical center in New York City to initiate an outpatient hip replacement program! Roy I. Davidovitch, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Director of the Hip Center at NYU Langone, performed a minimally invasive anterior approach hip replacement in January; two additional patients have successfully undergone the surgery.
“With advances in soft-tissue-sparing techniques such as the anterior approach and innovative pain management protocols, patients are able to recuperate in the comfort of their own homes, much like they do after outpatient arthroscopy procedures like an ACL reconstruction,” said Dr. Davidovitch in the March 2, 2015 news release. “The goal of this new approach is to return patients to their normal level of activity as quickly as possible and minimize the discomfort of surgery.”
Dr. Davidovitch accesses the femur through a three-inch incision in the front of the hip joint. He does not have to cut muscles and tendon, meaning that postop pain is reduced. Because of this, patients can begin to move around right a...
