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Do Non-English Speaking Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty Travel Farther to See a Surgeon Who Speaks Their
Vinaya Rajahraman1, Thomas H Christensen1, Thomas Bieganowski1
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York.
Abstract:
This study compared distance traveled by total joint arthroplasty (TJA) patients to surgeons' clinics who are language concordant (LC) versus language discordant (LD) with their surgeons. A retrospective review of all non-English speaking patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA), stratified according to language concordance, was conducted at a single institution between 2011 and 2021. The distance from home to clinic zip code where patients received TJA care was recorded. Of the 837 patients receiving THA, 401 (47.9%) were in the LD group and 436 (52.1%) were in the LC group. In total, 1,675 patients received TKA, with 874 (52.2%) in the LD group and 801 (47.8%) in the LC group. Both TKA and THA LD patients traveled significantly farther from home to clinic than the LC groups (p < 0.001). Non-English-speaking patients undergoing TJA who are language concordant with their surgeon may live closer to their surgeons' clinic. Level of Evidence: Level III. (Journal of Surgical Orthopaedic Advances 35(2):077-080, 2026).
