JOINT REPLACEMENT CENTER:

2nd. Floor, West Building, Saint John's Medical Center

2015 Jackson Street, Anderson

PHONE:

(765) 608-2679

Saint John's Joint Replacement Center is a unique post-operative unit designed to maximize patient recovery.  The unit features a specially trained surgical staff.  Saint John's and Central Indiana Orthopedics have joined together to form the joint replacement program called Joint Effort. Joint Effort is a comprehensive program that includes pre-surgery classes for knee or hip replacement and starts preparing patients for recovery before they even have surgery.

Saint John’s Joint Replacement Center is a team approach to surgical intervention and recovery that includes nursing, rehabilitation, dietary, education, case management and surgery.

All patients are given the opportunity to complete the Center’s Joint Effort educational program, where the patient and family receive information about what to expect before, during and after joint replacement.  Topics include pre- and post-op, anesthesia, pain control, diet, discharge instructions and rehabilitation.   

Each patient receives a pre-op screening prior to surgery to ensure any potential health complications are in control.  Controlling these health complications helps reduce the risk of infection.

Saint John’s surgical nurses and operating room technicians are specially trained in hip and knee replacement surgery.

Saint John’s operating rooms have state-of-the art equipment designed for total joint replacement and only the highest quality prostheses are used.

Saint John’s has a dedicated unit for joint replacement patients.  Following surgery, patients are cared for by nurses and therapists specially trained in the care of joint replacement patients.  Pain control is emphasized.  Anesthesia used during surgery blocks the pain for 24 hours or longer.  By controlling pain from the incision, it allows the patient to begin moving the joint within hours of surgery.  Rehabilitation therapists trained to care for joint replacement patients begin helping the patients walk within a few hours following surgery.  This helps improve mobility and positive outcomes for the patient.

Trained orthopedic surgeons provide the joint replacement surgery:  Dr. David Graybill, Dr. Nimu Surtani, Dr. Stephen Shick, Dr. Jamieson Kay, Dr. Joseph Jerman, Dr. Marcus Thorne.