Legendary Catcher Johnny Bench Visits Doctors
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While visiting The Surgical Suites, Johnny Bench encourages patient Charlene Mann, who had a hip replacement earlier in the day.
DALLAS -- Hall of Fame Major League Baseball catcher Johnny Bench recently visited The Surgical Suites at Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake to help celebrate the facility's 50th anniversary as well as the one-year anniversary of The Surgical Suites.
Bench was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1989. In 1998, the Sporting News called Bench "undoubtedly the greatest catcher ever" and the 16th greatest player of all time. Bench underwent total hip replacement surgery in April 2004 after years of excruciating pain in his back, knees and hip. Seventeen broken bones during his baseball career and 400,000 squats contributed to Bench’s need for a hip replacement.
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Bench shares his hip replacement experience with staff and patients. From left are Marc Goldman, MD, Thomas Trigg, Bench, Louis Hesse and Joe White.
After undergoing the procedure, Bench was able to realize his lifestyle recovery goals and get back to his active life without pain. He now shares his joint replacement experience with other hip replacement patients. "I was a new person after my surgery," said Bench. "The good thing is the hip may outlive me."
According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, more than 168,000 total hip replacements and 267,000 total knee replacements are performed each year in the U.S. In the process, joint replacement surgery has become one of the most common procedures, with more advanced options becoming available every year to patients.
"I am delighted with Doctors Hospital’s Surgical Suites. This is where orthopedics meets opulence. The setting is like that of a five-star hotel. I know my patients are in for a great experience. Far from the ordinary hospital experience, they are not treated as if they are ill," says orthopedic surgeon Marc Goldman, MD. "No one likes having his or her independence taken away. This new concept helps patients maintain their dignity."
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