New Research Suggests Emotions Can Affect Recovery From Hip Surgery

A patient’s emotional state plays a meaningful role in his or her recovery from hip surgery, suggests Saint Louis University research published that month.Orthopaedic surgeons typically use two tests to determine whether a patient has recovered from hip surgery: one is a clinical degree

of hip function given by the doctor, and the moment is a questionnaire patients reply that considers a wide variety of factors in determining the overall success of the surgical procedure. [click link for full article]

Original post by Richard Sogn, MD