Georgia hospitals have mixed records on joint replacements

If your knees are battered or if your hips have gone bad, you may be contemplating a joint replacement procedure. If you are, then do your homework, because not all hospitals are equal when it comes to reducing complications.A special Atlanta Journal-Constitution report in this Sunday’s editions discovered that one north Georgia hospital stood out in federal statistics for its poor performance on knee and hip replacements. The AJC also found out which hospitals posted the best results.

Want to know what kind of questions to ask before you decide to swap out the hip or knees you were born with? Are you curious about what could go wrong? Then read the story of a Georgia sheriff whose attempt to get rid of knee pain from old football injuries nearly cost him his life. You can also examine the quality records of most of the large hospitals within an hour’s drive of Atlanta.

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