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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Orthopedics - August 2018

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A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y. N E T • 4 5 ࢒ Reduce your cost ࢒Enhance your DVT protocol ࢒Newest technology To learn more about our DVT programs, visit www.midwestmedical.info or call (877) 593-3546. As more complex procedures move outpatient, the need for DVT prophylaxis becomes greater. Recent studies and literature support extended prophylaxis and recognize portable, battery-powered compression devices as a safe and effective method to prevent post-surgical DVT. Midwest Medical offers programs to outpatient surgical facilities to provide portable compression devices, such as the PlasmaFlow, to their patients while reducing the costs to the facility. The same DVT Prevention Program you are used to from Midwest Medical Now with newer portable IPC technology Hydrocision TenJet This is an interesting entry that's designed to provide a minimally invasive option for tendinitis patients who don't respond to standard con- servative treatments. TenJet is an ultrasound-guided needle that shoots highly pressurized saline solution at the diseased tissue and creates a suction effect, so you get lavage, debridement and evacu- ation at once. It's a very quick alternative to more invasive surgery — about 3 minutes — and can be performed under local anesthesia.

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