patient generally shows up about 2 hours before surgery and the oper-
ation itself lasts for 1 hour. Immediately following surgery, we send a
patient to a very brief stay in recovery — about 30 minutes — then to
in-house physical therapy for 1 to 2 hours. The rest of the day involves
some exercises and use of the CPM machine, and the patient is gener-
ally up within 6 hours of the surgery.
The long-term goal is to send them home the same day. For now,
we put them up in our overnight facility at the surgical center or, if
they are from a long distance away, they and their families can stay
at a beautiful hotel across the street from our center. The hotel
offers various amenities for patients, like 25% off of food, $100 off of
their room and a taxi service.
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Dr. Lucey (drlucey@gmail.com) is an orthopedic surgeon who founded the
Sports Medicine and Joint Replacement Center of Greensboro in 2013. He is also
a team physician for national and Olympic soccer teams. He is a shareholder in
the Surgical Center of Greensboro.
