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Archive > September, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 9

Total Knee Totally Outpatient

With the right equipment and training, you can send patients home the day of surgery.

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

Total knee replacement surgery in an ambulatory surgical center? It's not as improbable as it might sound. The leaders of Mississippi Valley Surgery Center in Davenport, Iowa, share 5 keys that let patients walk out of their facility within 23 hours of getting their knee replaced.

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