The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Is robot surgery a miraculous futuristic device that advances surgery to a higher plain? Or is it an expensive gadget for hospitals and surgeons to market and attract potential patients? The da Vinci Surgical System spread slowly at first. At a university teaching hospital, this number could be significantly greater.

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Trocar Supplies

MAY 3, 2023

Surgical centers across the United States replaced single sterilization protocols with double sterilization protocols and then added an ethylene oxide step. At the Virginia Mason Center in Seattle and the David Geffen Medical Center in Los Angeles , the cost of sterilizing a duodenoscope rose from $80 to $208 and then to $296.

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Trocar Supplies

JUNE 6, 2022

A trocar is a versatile, specialized surgical device that proves useful in a variety of procedures. Bartholomew’s Hospital, as well as in Continental Europe, before an appointment to the Hospital for Diseases of the Chest in London, where he developed a special interest in treating diseases of the kidneys.

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