Joint Replacement: Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery Options | Mass General Brigham
What is joint replacement surgery? What’s the difference between inpatient and outpatient surgery? Learn more about what outpatient joint replacement can offer. Vivek Shah, MD, Director for Arthroplasty at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, discusses how to find out if you are a candidate for inpatient or outpatient joint replacement and the care you need after surgery to improve your recovery.
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0:00 - Intro
0:22 - What is joint replacement surgery?
0:35 - What are the advantages of outpatient surgery?
1:04 - Who is a good candidate for outpatient joint replacement?
1:50 - Who is a good candidate for inpatient joint replacement?
2:24 - What is joint replacement recovery like?
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Joint Replacement: Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery Options | Mass General Brigham
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