“This study helps doctors know which patients to look out for,” said Stavros Memtsoudis, M.D., Ph.D., an anesthesiologist at Hospital for Special Surgery, who led the study.
“Our study is one of the first to look into patients that suffer falls during their hospital stay after undergoing total hip or knee replacement surgery,” said Alejandro Gonzalez Della Valle, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon at Hospital for Special Surgery.