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attached to continuous catheters to infuse local anesthesia for 5 days post-
op.
We schedule total knees as the initial cases of the morning. The healthy
patients who are candidates for same-day discharge are first — the surgical day
starts around 6:15 a.m. — so they're ready for discharge in the late afternoon.
We allow plenty of time to
ensure vital signs are sta-
ble, required physical ther-
apy is completed and
patients are complication-
free.
Quad-sparing cuts
When reviewing patients
who have undergone total
knee replacements, I've
found that the implant
doesn't make the proce-
dure. Instead, small
instrumentation that lets
surgeons make smaller
approaches that do less
damage to surrounding
muscle is more of a factor
in the procedure's ulti-
mate success.
I operate through small
incisions, but the size of
the incision is not as
important as the operative
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