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No More Never Events - February 2014 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 0 4 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 4 always support the touted bene- fits over more invasive or less high-tech approaches (as in the case of robotic surgery), a large percentage of patients will con- tinue to expect and demand mini- mally invasive surgery." The streamlined procedures and speedy recoveries promised by minimally invasive approaches benefit from ORs that are fully integrated with real-time imaging technology, and this technology may in fact boost the widespread adoption of the "hybrid OR," says Mr. Miller. A concept emerging from hospitals' interventional procedure rooms, hybrid ORs could optimize surgical suites to accommodate more types of cases. Hospital angiography and cardiac catheterization labs are outfit- ted with imaging technology that let physicians view and navigate delicate pathways. But these procedure rooms aren't usually con- sidered part of the surgery department because they've been designed for radiology cases. "So you prep the patient, bring him into the room, anesthetize him, make the incision, do the procedure, close and take him to recovery. Doesn't that sound like surgery?" argues Mr. Miller. "Today, more and more surgeons want that kind of real-time imag- ing to support their minimally invasive cases." Alternatively, in the event that a diagnostic imaging procedure in a cath lab reveals a cause for immediate action and a mid-case con- version to surgery, the equipment and ventilation of a surgical OR would prove convenient. "The future of surgery is the ability to have S U R G I C A L T E C H N O L O G Y WHAT GOES ON The OR of the future must be efficient, connected, versatile and profitable. OSE_1402_part2_Layout 1 2/6/14 2:58 PM Page 104

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