Introduction of day case hip and knee replacement programme at an inpatient ward is safe and may expedite shortening of hospital stays of traditional arthroplasties

Abstract Purpose We investigated the safety of primary hip and knee replacements with same day discharge (SDD) and their effect on length of stay (LOS) of traditional inpatient arthroplasties at our elective orthopaedic ward. Methods 200 patients underwent elective, unilateral primary day case total...

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Main Authors: Gyorgy Lovasz, Attila Aros, Ferenc Toth, John Va Faye, Marco La Malfa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13018-021-02737-3