Dr. McFarland’s 63-year-old patient received his total hip replacement using the direct anterior muscle sparing approach where the replacement is implanted through an incision in the front of the hip. The patient returned home eight hours after the surgery was completed.
While recovering from the surgery, the patient will receive support from at-home nursing care services.
Read the Orthopaedic & Spine Center release on Dr. McFarland’s outpatient total hip replacement surgery.
Read other coverage on total knee and hip replacement:
– Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy Receives Total Hip and Knee Replacement Certification
– Dr. Boyd Haynes: Q&A About Virginia’s First Outpatient Total Knee Replacement
