MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The U.S. hip and knee replacement market has gotten a recent boost as patients are opting to undergo the procedures earlier, the Telegraph reported.
The trends has turned the devices into something of a consumer good, industry analysts said.
"The more active baby-boomer generation also means that joint replacement recipients today are having procedures done at a lower level of disability so that they can return to their active lives," according to Berstein analyst Lisa Bedell Clive. "While it used to be that a patient wouldn’t get a hip replaced until he was in so much pain he couldn’t sleep, now many seniors opt to get a new hip so that they can return to the golf course."
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