grams and recently
christened a 28,000-
square-foot multi-spe-
cialty surgery center
with 4 ORs dedicated
to total joints and a
$200,000 OR table
that's specifically
designed for an anteri-
or approach during
hip replacement, a
muscle-sparing tech-
nique that leads to the
faster recoveries.
Buffalo Surgery
Center launched its
same-day total joints
program nearly 3
years ago, one of the
first freestanding facil-
ities to offer same-day
discharge. Of Buffalo's
total joint volume in
2016, hips represented
46%, while knees were 54%.
Of the 340,000 hip replacements performed annually in the U.S., it's
becoming increasingly common for patients never to step foot inside
a hospital. Buffalo's surgeons rehearsed and honed their same-day
total joint protocols in the hospital — working on ways to send
patients home even though they weren't — and then conducted start-
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• MEN AT WORK James D. Slover, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at NYU Langone Medical
Center in New York City, performing a hip replacement.
NYU
Langone
Medical
Center
