Make sure you get the best surgeons at the best hospitals for your hip surgery.
Hip surgery is a big deal. While hip replacements are quickly becoming more common, they are still fairly invasive and critical to patients' ability to function. No one wants a botched hip-job. Given that hip surgery is elective and planned, don't take chances with any old hospital. Find the best--or at least the best for your region--and know that your hip is in good hands.
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York Magazine and U.S. News & World Report agree that New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery is tops for hips--and orthopedics in general. This small, 162-bed hospital admits just under 12,000 patients a year for specialty surgeries. For U.S. News & World Report, only 152 hospitals nationwide meet its top 10 in any of its 16 specialty categories. Hospital for Special Surgery came in first in the nation for orthopedics.
Mayo Clinic
The Mayo Clinic's excellence should be no surprise to anyone. The clinic's 1,302-bed general hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, is one of the nation's premier research and teaching hospitals. In fact, it ranks in the top 10 of all 16 of U.S. News & World Report's categories. Health Grades' annual Top 50 Hospitals report ranked Mayo Clinic the best hospital in the nation in 2009. Go to Mayo's Rochester, Minnesota, or Phoenix, Arizona, sites to get the best minds in orthopedic medicine to work on your hip.
Massachusetts General Hospital
Go to where the King of Thailand was born to have your hip reborn. Massachusetts General is a nationally acclaimed top hospital in all of US News & World Report's 16 categories of adult medicine and four of their 10 categories of pediatric medicine. The 908-bed teaching hospital has some of the nation's best orthopedic surgeons and engages in constant research and improvement.
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