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Manager's Guide to Surgery's Hottest Trends - April 2014

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1 6 S U P P L E M E N T T O 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 | M O N T H 2 0 1 4 attached to continuous catheters to infuse local anesthesia for 5 days post- op. We schedule total knees as the initial cases of the morning. The healthy patients who are candidates for same-day discharge are first — the surgical day starts around 6:15 a.m. — so they're ready for discharge in the late afternoon. We allow plenty of time to ensure vital signs are sta- ble, required physical ther- apy is completed and patients are complication- free. Quad-sparing cuts When reviewing patients who have undergone total knee replacements, I've found that the implant doesn't make the proce- dure. Instead, small instrumentation that lets surgeons make smaller approaches that do less damage to surrounding muscle is more of a factor in the procedure's ulti- mate success. I operate through small incisions, but the size of the incision is not as important as the operative O R T H O P E D I C S No two people are the same. Treating every patient with precise, personalized care is the inspiration behind our market-leading Tourniquet System design. That's why the Zimmer Tourniquet Systems don't just stop blood flow. Our tourniquet systems can deliver Personalized Pressure – the minimum amount of tourniquet pressure for each individual patient. For more information about the new Zimmer Tourniquet Systems – featuring Personalized Pressure™ Technology – contact your Zimmer representative or learn more at personalpressure.zimmer.com. Introducing the All-New A.T.S. ® 4000 Tourniquet © 2014 Zimmer Surgical, Inc. 1404_SurgerysHottestTrends_Layout 1 3/27/14 2:46 PM Page 16

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