Orthopedics This Week

Same day total knee arthroplasty is the siren song of large joint reconstruction. Michael Berend has performed over 2,000 knee arthroplasties with 98% of these folks going home the same day and recommends it strongly. Michael Dunbar points out that these are select patients in a tightly controlled environment. Hard to duplicate especially with heavier, more diabetic and older patients. Read this very interesting debate here.