Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Orthopods are surgery's carpenters, cutting and drilling into bone as they stabilize loose structures, repair broken parts and replace aging joists, er joints. Like any master...

Last month, as peaceful protests and violent opposition took over American cities following George Floyd's murder, surgical professionals around the country began to...

Staff can feel disconnected from the decisionmakers who determine how facilities are run. Giving them an opportunity to have their voices heard and speak openly with...

Robotic assistance has revolutionized prostate removal. It's a far better option than removing the gland through a large incision, which can cause significant blood loss...

Earlier this year, Buffalo Surgery in Amherst, N.Y., Center was humming along as usual. More than 30 physicians packed its ORs and procedure rooms with 1,500 cases...

irst, I felt nauseous. Then, I felt pain in my lower abdomen. My head began to ache, and I had a slight temperature. It was early April, during the peak of the coronavirus...

There's no time like the present to take full advantage of regional anesthesia to manage post-op pain. Nerve blocks are being placed with more precision, patients are...

Awareness continues to develop around the negative health effects of surgical smoke, which contains harmful chemicals, carcinogens, bacteria and viruses. Spending a full...

Elective surgeries are back on the schedule and staff are returning under new circumstances and different expectations. As you begin to perform procedures amid the...

I’m known for crafting surgical caps made of bright colorful fabric and giving them to my colleagues as small gestures of how much I appreciate working with them....