CNECT

JUNE 14, 2023

In ambulatory surgery centers, efficient operating rooms result in optimized schedules, higher patient volume, and streamlined operating processes. Facilities struggling with inefficiencies risk dangerous mistakes and longer operating times which can affect patient outcomes. What Causes Operating Room Inefficiencies?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Is robot surgery a miraculous futuristic device that advances surgery to a higher plain? The surgical times were short—a private practice surgeon could complete an open gall bladder surgery in 30 – 40 minutes, or an open appendectomy in 20 – 25 minutes. To answer these questions let’s first review some history.

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Trocar Supplies

MAY 3, 2023

The importance of preventing cross-contamination through disinfecting and cleaning surgical instruments made headlines in 2019. Between October 15, 2018 and March 31, 2019 the FDA received 159 device reports of infected duodenoscopes, snake-like cameras with a lighted end, used in procedures involving the pancreas and bile ducts.

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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. Maintaining air pressure inside the body is essential to the surgeon's ability to visualize the tissues being operated on. The procedure was successful, so he refined his design, adding a trocar and a very thin cannula.

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