Thanks to advancements in medical techniques and devices, surgeons are performing an increasing number of total joint surgeries in the outpatient setting. According to a February 2023 online article in The Journal of Arthroplasty, the proportion of elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients who experienced same-day discharge in 2021 was more than 30 percent, up from less than 1 percent of patients undergoing TJA in 2017.