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Total Hip Replacement
Total Hip Replacement
Total hip replacement surgery is performed to replace a diseased hip joint with an artificial hip joint. The surgery is done to free patients from stiffness and pain caused by osteoarthritis (a degenerative joint disease and the most common form of arthritis) and rheumatoid arthritis (a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when antibodies in the blood system designed to attack viruses and infections mistakenly target the body's own healthy tissues).
Total hip replacement surgery is performed by an orthopedic surgeon who makes an incision in the patient’s hip, removes the diseased joint, and replaces it with the artificial hip joint. In some cases, total hip replacement surgery has to be repeated or "revised." For the ratings analysis, HealthGrades only includes initial procedures, which indicate that the hip replacement procedure is being performed for the first time on a particular patient.
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Total Knee Replacement
Total Knee Replacement
Total knee replacement is performed to replace a diseased knee joint with an artificial knee joint. The surgery is done to free patients from stiffness and pain caused by osteoarthritis (a degenerative joint disease and the most common form of arthritis) and rheumatoid arthritis (a chronic autoimmune disease that occurs when antibodies in the blood system designed to attack viruses and infections mistakenly target the body's own healthy tissues).
Total knee replacement surgery is performed by an orthopedic surgeon who makes an incision in the patient’s knee, removes the diseased joint, and replaces it with the artificial knee joint. In some cases, total knee replacement surgery has to be repeated or "revised." For the ratings analysis, HealthGrades considers only initial procedures, which indicates that the knee replacement procedure is being performed for the first time on a particular patient.
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Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric Surgery
Bariatric surgery, or gastric bypass surgery, is surgery that can be used to achieve
significant weight loss in individuals who are very obese (morbidly obese).
A thumb-sized stomach pouch is created (using a stapling or banding technique)
then the outlet of the pouch is connected directly to the intestine, essentially
bypassing the lower stomach. After the surgery, the amount of calories your
body can intake is reduced which leads to weight loss.
Different procedures used include:
Vertical-banded Gastroplasty – The upper stomach
near the esophagus is stapled to form a small pouch. The outlet from the pouch
to the stomach is restricted by the use of a band made of special material.
This band delays the emptying of food from the pouch, causing a fullness sensation.
Short-limbed Roux-en-Y Gastroenterostomy – The
surgeon will divide the stomach into a small upper section. The surgeon will
staple off the small section from the larger section. Then, they will reconnect
a section of the small intestine to this new pouch, bypassing the larger stomach
area remaining and connecting the base to the remaining portion of the small
intestine.
Small Intestine Reconstruction – In this procedure, more of the small intestine is bypassed than with the short-limbed Roux-en-Y
procedure.
All procedures are performed under general anesthesia. A hospital stay of
two to four days is expected.
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