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S
ome
total
joint out-
comes
are too
good. "I once replaced
the knee of a guy who
was hiking almost 15
miles a day 3 weeks
after surgery," laughs
Joseph Nessler, MD, a
surgeon at St. Could
(Minn.) Orthopedics.
"Now, he was a com-
petitive athlete, but
that's unusual. I feel
like I need to add a
disclaimer to the end
of my clinic appoint-
ments with prospec-
tive patients — results
may vary."
Your typical knee
replacement patient likely won't be backpacking to their post-op
physical therapy appointments, but younger patients are more moti-
vated than ever to head home on the day of surgery and return to nor-
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
Set Up for Success in Total Knees
Staff and surgeons at the St. Cloud (Minn.) Surgical Center
tap into technology and teamwork to achieve excellent outcomes.
• GROWTH OPPORTUNITY Adding unicompartmental knee replacements to your
case mix could let you capture the technically demanding cases many surgeons
avoid performing.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN,
CNOR
