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when can i go home after my total knee replacement surgery

Can Total Knee Replacements go home the same day as surgery?

June 8, 2016

How many nights should a patient remain in the hospital after a total knee replacement? Some doctors dont think a patient needs to stay in the hospital at all. The risk of needing to go to the Emergency Room, or even be admitted to the hospital seems to depend on a number of variables, but none of which related to the number of days spent in the hospital.