New tool for joint replacement surgery

A collaborative education and awareness initiative providing patients and healthcare professionals (HCPs) with tools and information to make informed choices on hip or knee replacement surgery has been launched. Real Life Tested is a collaborative education and awareness initiative providing HCPs and patients with tools and information to make informed choices regarding hip or knee replacement surgery. The need for this resource is supported by a new national survey of GPs and orthopaedic surgeons that reveals a current information gap on joint replacement surgery for patients with osteoarthritis and GPs. The survey, commissioned by DePuy Synthes Companies, shows that more