Death Rate After Hip, Knee Replacements Has Dropped Sharply: Study (HealthDay)
Experts credit advances in post-surgical care for lower risk
The risk of death from hip- or knee-replacement surgery has dropped substantially in recent years, a large new study finds.
Dutch researchers found that since the early 1990s, death rates have fallen by almost two-thirds among Danish adults having the procedures. The length of patients' hospital stays also dropped -- from more than two weeks, on average, to about one week.
The study did not dig into the reasons for the improvements, but it's likely that ch...
