High-tech surgeries, more durable implants, new ways to control pain: Orthopedic advances at Syosset Hospital are getting patients home faster.
You hear you might need hip and knee replacement surgery and your first throught is ordeal ahead. And back in your parent's day, that might have been a fair assessment. In fact, untill recently, total joint replacement surgery meant up to a week in the hospital, plus more time in a rehabilitation center and in some cases, months of using a walker or curtches.