Joint Reconstruction Center
Joint replacement is one of the most important medical technologies in the twentieth century, problems in joint pain may be efficiently improved by joint replacement surgery to restore functionality of daily living. According to the statistic by the health quality research institute, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, there has been more than 600,000 cases received knee joint replacement surgery a year in the US; moreover, data from the Webpage of Healthcare Quality Information in National Health Insurance of National Health Insurance Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare indicates that there were even more than 25,000 person-times received knee joint reconstruction surgery in 2017.
With the service goal of patient-centered care, the Joint Reconstruction Center of Orthopedics Department in CCH provides comprehensive quality services, the independent settings provide patients and families with preoperative consultation, postoperative recovery evaluation and nursing guidance required for home care, offering comprehensive physical-, mental-, and spiritual-integrated care for patients through transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team care to enhance patient's self-care ability, expecting to enable more patients to walk fast and vigorously again.
Medical Team
Team members of the Joint Reconstruction Center of Orthopedics Department in CCH include orthopedists, physiatrists, infectious diseases specialist physicians, general internal medicine physicians, anesthetists, case managers in Joint Reconstruction Center, nurses, physical therapists, health educators, nutritionists, pharmacists, social workers, and spiritual care specialists.