Over the past decade and a half, there has been increasing interest in performing primary hip and knee replacement in the outpatient setting. This natural evolution has been aided immensely by rapid recovery protocols.
The interest in outpatient arthroplasty has also been fueled by financial considerations, including the ability to control costs within the episode of care, the potential for surgeon ownership in ambulatory surgery centers, and the ability for a surgeon to control his or her operating room and surgical care environment more easily in an ambulatory surgery center.
