Featuring Dr. Ravi Bashyal: Raring to Go After Joint Replacements

We’ve made tremendous progress in rehabbing and recovering outpatient hip and knee replacement patients. In the not too distant past, total joint patients could expect an inpatient hospital stay of two to three nights, after which they might be discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation facility before returning home.

Ravi Bashyal

We’ve made tremendous progress in rehabbing and recovering outpatient hip and knee replacement patients. In the not too distant past, total joint patients could expect an inpatient hospital stay of two to three nights, after which they might be discharged to an inpatient rehabilitation facility before returning home. Numerous innovations — from app- and tablet-based home rehab programs to improved surgical techniques and robotic-assistance platforms — have let us reduce that time span. Patients who undergo surgery in the morning are up and walking within an hour of leaving the operating room and heading home that same afternoon. Rapid recovery, minimal pain and a quick return to a joint’s prior level of function are hallmarks of our outpatient total joint service line, which requires a collaborative effort among all members of the patient care team and involves tapping into technology that helps patients return to normal life activities sooner.

Author: Ravi Bashyal, MD

Ravi K. Bashyal, MD is a Chicago native and an orthopedic surgeon specializing in ultra-minimally invasive hip and knee replacement at NorthShore University System in Chicago, IL where he is Director of Outpatient Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery.