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The ability to go home within 23 hours, the reduced need for anesthesia, and fewer potential complications all add up to less expensive procedures for treatment back pain when you evaluate hydrodiscectomy, X Stop, and balloon kyphoplasty.
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Want to boost staff morale and your community image with one effort? Consider this inspired idea from the staff at AtlantiCare Surgery Center in Egg Harbor Township, NJ.
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The American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses has produced an evidence-based, multidisciplinary, multimodal approach to preventing and treating postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).
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With more than 450,000 procedures performed in 2005, liposuction remains the most frequently chosen cosmetic procedure in the United States. With this many patients looking for a surgeon and with the number of surgeons from whom they can choose, it is important to find a way to differentiate your liposuction services from others.
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Ensuring good outcomes for any procedure means making sure that the procedure is the right treatment for the patient's condition, and patient screening for back pain treatments is essential for success, says Didier Demesmin, MD, a pain management specialist in Milltown, NJ.
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What do a stream of water, a balloon, and a titanium implant have in common? They are all components of new techniques to treat different conditions that cause back pain, and they all can be performed in an outpatient surgery setting.
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A recent study suggests that compared to medical physicians, surgeons disclose less information about their errors. Nineteen percent of surgical specialists said they would explicitly mention the error to patients; in comparison, 58% of medical specialists said they would do so.
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The patient is ready for surgery, or so the surgeon says. However, the circulating nurse says the patient is asking about the risks of the surgery and appears to be confused about what procedure is being done. Now the nurse is questioning whether this patient gave informed consent.
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Outpatient surgery managers can get a jump on reminding staff members not to use certain abbreviations with a new toolkit available from Joint Commission Resources (JCR), an affiliate of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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According to new practice guidelines from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, when patients are at increased perioperative risk from obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the facility should have emergency difficult airway equipment, respiratory care equipment [nebulizers, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) equipment, and ventilators], radiology facilities (for portable X-rays), and clinical laboratory facilities (for blood gases and electrolytes).
