Complications with Joint Replacement Surgery
Any surgical procedure poses a certain level of risk. When it comes to joint replacement surgery, qualified surgeons take several precautionary measures to avoid potential complications. At TJN Orthopedics, Dr. Gregory H. Tchejeyan boasts some of the nation’s highest accuracy rates and lowest readmission rates. This is largely due to the extra measures he puts
Infection Prevention
For obvious reasons, infections are a complication surgeons always try to avoid. Infections are particularly inconvenient in orthopaedic joint replacement surgery. Ordinarily, in the unfortunate circumstance of infection, IV or oral antibiotics are administered to the patient, sending the antibiotics through the bloodstream to fight the infection. However, in joint replacement surgeries, the implanted device