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Adding New Technology and Procedures
Should you add robotics, femtosecond laser cataract surgery and spine?
W
hich new surgical specialties and technologies should
you be looking to add? We invited a panel of facility leaders to discuss 3 of the hottest.
• Robotic surgery.
Is there a justi-
fication for da Vinci-assisted
n SAME-DAY SPINE Karen Reiter,
RN, CNOR, RNFA, of the DISC Sports
& Spine Center in Newport Beach,
Calif.
laparoscopy over straight
laparoscopy? For Marlene
Brunswick, RN, MSN,
CNOR, RNFA, the answer is
yes. Robotic surgery involves
less scarring, less pain, less
blood loss, fewer complications, shorter hospital stays
and a faster recovery than
traditional open surgery. Ms.
Brunswick has helped
launch a robotic surgery
program at the last 2 stops
on her career, first at
Blanchard Valley Hospital in
Findlay, Ohio, and more
recently at Mercy St. Vincent
Medical Center in Toledo,
Ohio, where she serves as
director of perioperative
services. Ms. Brunswick disD E C E M B E R 2013 | S U P P L E M E N T
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