Study: Patients benefit from one-on-one education prior to joint replacement surgery

"After surgery, patients may be dealing with issues such as fatigue, discomfort or anxiety, and it is not the most opportune time to give them information about the road ahead," said Amar Ranawat, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at HSS and study author. They received no further education. The program is now being implemented for hip and knee replacement patients at Hospital for Special Surgery. Joshi, will be to test the usefulness of pre-surgery one-on-one education and a customized web portal for pa