More Knee and Hip Surgery Cases

Central Service departments are going to be doing more knee and hip type surgries in the future according to a report out of The University of Michigan. The number of baby boomers who are opting for knee replacement surgery earlier in life is growing at an exponential rate, says J. David Blaha, M.D., an orthopaedic surgeon at the University of Michigan Health System. Only a few years ago, between 300,000 and 350,000 knee replacement surgeries were being done. Today, that number has risen to a staggering 500,000 and going up each year.

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