Finding an orthopaedic surgeon is an important step in preparing for surgery. Consider these details:
Get a recommendation from your family doctor or other medical staff. The question to ask is:
“who would you have perform a total joint surgery on yourself or your loved one?”
Ask friends and family their recommendations. However, keep in mind no one can please everyone. Even the best, kindest, most wonderful surgeon will be challenged to please some people. And some people like to tell their ‘horror stories’. So be prepared, but you may get some good information.
Look for board certification. Doctors put time and effort into becoming board certified: that’s the stamp of excellence showing knowledge and skill. For young fresh-out-of-school surgeons, are they a part of a group whose surgeons are board certified? Surgeons must finish all training and practice for a
for a specific time frame before taking the board examination. If they have joined a group of surgeons who are board certified, that says the established members of the group have confidence in the ‘new guy’.
Look at a surgeon and facility (hospital) where a large number of total joints are performed. Numbers matter; surgeons and hospitals who do a lot of total joints have the best results. Statistics show that.
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