Patients who go home after knee replacement do as well as those discharged to rehab facility

Patients who go home after knee replacement and receive physical therapy at home do as well as those who go to an in-patient rehabilitation facility, a new study concludes. Researchers found no difference in complication rates within six months of knee replacement, whether patients went home or to an inpatient rehab facility after leaving the hospital. Both groups also had similar outcomes in terms of pain and function two years after surgery.

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