Patients getting new hips or knees discharged within 48 hours

Patients getting new hips or knees no longer face long recovery times with just over half back at work within one month.

Patients getting new hips or knees no longer face long recovery times with just over half back at work within one month, new Irish research has found.

Hospital stays are also shorter with one in two discharged within 48 hours and 92% of those questioned staying in hospital for less than five days.