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#57 - How Do You Know If Your Joint Replacement Surgeon Is Any Good?
How can you tell whether a hip or knee replacement surgeon is actually good?
Dr. Matthew Sloan breaks down the five things patients should look for before choosing a joint replacement surgeon, including surgical volume, board certification, fellowship training, complication rates, revision rates, and the number almost nobody tells patients to ask about: patient-reported outcomes.
Patient-reported outcome measures track pain, function, and quality of life before and after surgery. They can reveal something an X-ray cannot: whether patients actually feel and function better after their joint…
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