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Patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture have a higher risk of mortality and major complications than those receiving an elective total hip replacement

Mortality Risk Up for Hip Surgery After Fracture Vs Elective THR

Higher risk of in-hospital mortality compared with those undergoing elective total hip replacement
Patients who have total hip or knee replacement surgery face a greater risk for myocardial infarction during the first month following the procedure

Cardiovascular Risk Up After Knee, Hip Replacement

Odds highest in the month following the procedure
The Lean Six Sigma approach can be implemented to improve quality of care and reduce costs in prosthetic hip replacement surgery

Lean Six Sigma Approach Ups Quality of Hip Replacement Sx

Forty-four percent reduction in length of stay after implementation of improvement actions
Muscle inflammation susceptibility status seems to be able to predict recovery after total hip arthroplasty

Muscle Inflammation Susceptibility Predicts THA Recovery

MuIS status may be a prognostic index for muscle recovery after total hip arthroplasty
Many people who've had hip replacement surgery might safely be able to drive as soon as two weeks after the procedure

AAOS: Driving Two Weeks Post Hip Replacement May Be OK

Many patients regain their presurgery brake reaction times within two weeks after surgery
Between 2002 and 2011

AAOS: Hip Replacement Surgery Up in Younger Americans

Over 10 years, rate of surgeries nearly doubled for those ages 45 to 64