Posted on 11/6/2017
What are patients looking for from hospital staff following total hip replacement (THR) surgery? If the patient is a woman, responsiveness and clear communication from nurses and doctors, according to a new study presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS); if the patient is a man, optimal pain management.
"Interestingly, there are differences in perception of care between men and women," says Michael A. Mont, MD, study author and chairman of orthopaedic surgery at Cleveland Clinic.
Researchers analyzed survey results from 692 patients who had undergone THR between November 2009 and January 2015, in the study. The patients included 277 men (mean age 62) and 414 women (me...