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Joint replacement: 1,001 patients tell you what your doctor can't.(SMART MOVES FOR ARTHRITIS)
Each year, more than 600,000 Americans with injured or diseased hips or knees go under the knife for the ultimate treatment: a joint replacement. While researchers have lavished attention on the surgery itself, we know much less about the experience from the patient's point of view. How much does it hurt? How long before you can walk comfortably? Go back to work? Throw away your pain pills?
The Consumer Reports National Research Center's exclusive telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1,001 knee- and hip-replacement patients fills in many of those blanks.
Our survey found that although the surgery can have serious complications and ...
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