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Here's to Fewer Total Joint Arthroplasty Revisions
A new program hopes to reduce the rate of total joint arthroplasty
(TJA) revision surgery. As successful as TJA is, about 1 in 10 patients
undergo revision knee and hip replacements. That comes out to
100,000 revisions out of the approximately 1 million joint replacement
surgeries performed in the U.S. each year. Reduce Revisions
Initiative, sponsored by Heraeus Medical, will promote best practices
and share innovative developments with surgeons and other
providers with the goal of measurably reducing the rate of TJA revi-
sion surgery.
reducerevisions.org
