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Between 1981/82 and 1998/99, the numbers and rates of hip and knee replacement increased substantially, while length of stay for both procedures declined. By 1998/99, knee replacements outnumbered those for hip. Both procedures had relatively low in-hospital mortality and post-surgery complication rates.
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