Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Smoother IV starts. Advice from the nurse who can do 10 sticks a day for a month without missing.

3 key debates in same-day knee replacement. Experts discuss the roles of robotics, vendor reps and anesthesia in the outpatient evolution.

Legal Update: Are you paying your medical director fairly? The feds are clamping down on physician compensation arrangements.

In case you missed it: Recent news from outpatientsurgery.net.

Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas. Mind your minutes in the OR.

Editor's Page: Does forced-air warming increase SSI risk? The inventor of the Bair Hugger now claims it's dangerous.

Cutting Remarks: Block time blues. Dedicated OR time is hard to get and harder to hold.

Image-guided sinus surgery: The new standard of care? A growing number of surgeons and patients are demanding the game-changing technology.

Anesthesia Alert: mastering adductor canal blocks. Done correctly, they can help control pain for up to 4 days.

Avoid the icy mess of a Cryo/Cuff ice wrap with this Idea That Works from Portland, Maine.