Success With Total Hip Replacements Is All About the Numbers (Arthritis Today)
Surgeons who perform more hip surgeries per year have fewer complications.
For restoring function and reducing pain, total hip replacement surgery is one of the most successful, cost-effective and safest options available – yet surgery-related complications do occur. A new study published recently in the journal BMJ has found that patients whose surgeons perform more than 35 total hip replacements (THR) per year – roughly three or more per month – have fewer complications compared to patients whose surgeons don’t me...
