Research

The patient population that composes the joint registry includes all patients who have been intervened surgically by Dr. Carlos Lavernia. Patients are all interviewed by bilingual members of the research team in the pre-op clinic visit usually held two weeks prior to the scheduled date of surgery. If the patients were intervened on an emergency basis, the research team tracks the patient’s stay and interviews the patients. All of the patient information is kept in individual patient files and the information is inputted in a database that is administered and managed by the research team. The main office where all this information is kept is located in the Outpatient Center 4th floor at Mercy Hospital.