If you’re planning to have surgery at Midwest Center for Joint Replacement, you’ll need to do some home preparation beforehand. Since more than half of our patients return home the same day of their surgery, odds are that you’ll be home within hours or a day after surgery. So we encourage you to make your home a … Read more
Avoiding a joint replacement? It can be a difficult decision to move forward with a big surgery like a joint replacement. We want to make the decision as clear and straigtforward as possible, and one of those ways is to debunk some of the most common myths we hear from our patients. So without further … Read more
In recent years, physician research has shown that outpatient joint replacement surgery benefits everyone involved – from the patients to the physicians and clinicians. Patients recover better when they return home after surgery, instead of staying in the hospital or a rehabilitation facility. Below is a summary of the data that Dr. Berend and his SurgCenter Development colleagues … Read more
In years past, people in need of a joint replacement expected to stay immobile in a hospital for a week or more after their surgery. Recovery would be arduous, leaving many people stationary and off work for several months. Today, it’s a different story. Here at MCJR, over 60% of our patients get to experience … Read more
We are excited to announce that our surgeons are performing outpatient joint replacement surgeries at the new Bloomington Advanced Surgery Center (BASC). BASC is an ambulatory outpatient surgery center designed exclusively to serve orthopedic patients. BASC has 2 operating rooms, an x-ray suite, and private recovery suites. It is also conveniently just one block from … Read more
