Special Editions Archive

Can We Eliminate Post-Op Pain? Tailoring analgesic efforts to individual patients and developing techniques and technologies hold promise for a less painful future.

What Will the Future Of Surgery Look Like? Virtual and augmented reality promises to transform how surgery is planned, performed and promoted.

It's Time to Get Excited About What's Next. Q&A with Thomas Frey, futurist and revolutionary thinker about tomorrow's possibilities.

Adapt or Be Left Behind. Follow these 5 trends to prepare for surgery's exciting future.

Skyrocketing Demand For Outpatient Surgery. Focus on cost containment, convenience and clinical advancements to capitalize on the exponential growth of case volumes.

The horror and heartbreak of a retained object. Nurses with firsthand experience of retained surgical items carry deep emotional scars.

Prevent slips, trips & falls in the OR. Cords, clutter, puddles and other hazards can lead to workplace injuries.

5 steps to improved c-arm safety. ???Protect your surgical team from intraoperative imaging's hidden harm.

Let's ban surgical smoke. It's time to protect all surgical professionals from the harmful effects of toxic plumes.

Perfect your patient warming protocols. It takes a total team effort to maintain normothermia in patients from pre-op to the PACU.