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Total and Partial Joint Replacement Program

Joint replacement surgeries are some of the most common surgeries performed in the United States. Joint replacement is now a routine, highly-evolved surgery, and often is minimally invasive. Nationally, the satisfaction rate for knee replacements is more than 90%, and over 95% for total hip replacements.

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Improve Your Movement with Joint Replacement at Southcoast Health

Joints are formed by the ends of two or more bones attached by tissue called cartilage. If the cartilage becomes damaged by disease or injury, the tissue around the joint can become inflamed, causing pain. Over time, the cartilage wears away, allowing the uneven edges of bone to rub against each other, causing pain.

Hip, knee and shoulder joint replacements help people of all ages live pain-free, active lives. Millions of Americans each year benefit from total joint surgery, and, in fact, studies have shown that total joint surgery has increased the quality of life relative to cost more than any other medical intervention.

 

Joint Replacement Timeline

Start

You and your surgeon decide on joint replacement.

Pre-Op

  • Pre-operative joint replacement class
  • Pre-operative testing
  • Discharge planning
  • Home visit (if needed)
  • Prepare home, complete checklist provided by your provider

Surgery

  • Arrive at the hospital
  • Joint replacement surgery

Hospital

  • Discharge home same day or admit to inpatient
  • Begin recovery therapy

Home

Continue recovery and therapy at home

Finish

Continue to see improvements for up to a year

More than 90% of our elective hip and knee joint replacement patients are discharged directly to their home for recovery.

Achieving Successful Outcomes with Joint Replacements

Southcoast Health’s Total Joint Replacement program provides patients with a fully integrated, customized patient experience. Our orthopedic surgeons work with primary care physicians, anesthesiologists and other subspecialists in the medical field to ensure that our patients’ expectations for care are met and even exceeded.

The program involves the patient and family in all pre-surgical education and training, and the small, private setting of the orthopedic units enables patients to feel at ease with the nurses and specialists. At Southcoast Health, our physicians are engaged with their patients’ care, which includes an education program about total joint surgery called Total Joint Boot Camp. Once you schedule your surgery, you will be enrolled in the program.

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