and executing that plan. The OR team will need a day in the lab to fig-
ure out the equipment. The scrub tech will need 10 cases to figure out
the workflow, how to set up the table and how to help the surgeon be
very efficient with the surgery, he says.
Economically, will a spine robot work for your facility? Talk to ven-
dors and colleagues, evaluate all the factors, crunch the numbers, and
come up with a decision that's right for you.
OSM
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"An operation that used to take me 6 to 8 hours is
now only taking me 3 to 4 hours. Now I can do 2 of those
operations a day instead of 1. I'm doubling the number
of patients I can take care of."
— Isador Lieberman, MD, MBA, FRCSC
