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Robotic AssistancePatient ExperienceFinancial ManagementOB-GYN

Trend to Watch: The Rise of Robotic Hysterectomy

By: Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief05/10/2022

Hysterectomy is the second most common surgery for women performed in the U.S., second only to cesarean section, and increasing numbers of surgeons are opting...

Patient ExperiencePain ManagementAnesthesiaOrthopedics

Sweet Relief After Joint Replacement Surgery

By: Dan Cook | Editor-in-Chief05/05/2022

Patients who have their knees and hips replaced at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Conn., are ready to head home the day of surgery in large part because they’re given shots...

Wound ClosurePatient ExperiencePain ManagementInfection PreventionHealthcare ITOrthopedics

The Formula for Hip Replacement Success

By: Carrie Coppola, MSN, RN-BC, ONC05/05/2022

Total hip replacement is a life-changing operation. Patients who were once riddled with pain are able to move about freely and return to their routine activities. Efforts to ensure...

Staff SafetyWound ClosureWorkplace CultureWaste ManagementStaff Training and EducationInfection Prevention

Your Sharps Injury Prevention Playbook

By: Adam Taylor | Senior Editor05/05/2022

If you doubt the contention that it can take years — or even decades — for evidence to trickle into clinical practice, look no further than the lack of progress in implementing...

Staff Safety

Keeping ‘Surgeon Athletes’ in the Game

By: Barbara C.S. Hamilton, MD, MAS05/05/2022

Surgeons are elite athletes in the operating room. They remain focused while executing precise maneuvers with complex instrumentation, and push through the pain of fatigued muscles...

OphthalmologyPatient SafetyPatient ExperienceFinancial Management

Will Same-Day Bilateral Cataract Surgery Catch On?

By: Joe Paone | Senior Editor05/05/2022

Performing immediate sequential bilateral cataract surgery (ISBCS) offers plenty of potential benefits. Surgeons appreciate being able to halve post-op visits...

NewsPatient SafetyMedical Malpractice-Legal

Fatal Mistake

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors05/04/2022

RaDonda Vaught stood in silence next to her attorney, seemingly resigned to her fate as the jury rendered its verdict. Guilty of gross neglect of an impaired adult. ...

Editors Page

Editor's Page: To Err Is Inevitable

By: Dan Cook05/04/2022

Mistakes are bound to happen. I’ve made my share, especially during countdowns to print deadlines when page proofs are flying, stress levels are rising and the clock...

OpinionLeadershipCOVID-19

Behind Closed Doors: We’ve Done Ourselves Proud

By: Paula Watkins, RN04/12/2022

It’s been more than two years since COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Well, technically, when this issue went to print, it has been two years, 18 days and four hours,...

Product News

Product News: April 2022

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors04/12/2022

Cumberland Pharmaceuticals’ Caldolor, an IV formulation of ibuprofen, is now FDA approved for preoperative use. When given before surgery, the non-narcotic pain reliever...

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