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C O N T E N T S
8 Inside Our Outpatient
Total Joints Program
Sending patients home hours after knee
or hip replacement is ortho's hottest trend.
Mark Gittins, DO
16 4 Arthroscopy Game-Changers
From 4K to biologics, these advances are improv-
ing case efficiencies and surgical outcomes.
Kendal Gapinski | Associate Editor
23 5 Essentials in
Post-op Pain Management
Why you should ditch the opioids
— and what to use instead.
Sylvia H. Wilson, MD
32 Are You Getting the
Most Out of Your C-Arm?
The newest units offer enhanced imaging, small-
er footprints and minimal radiation exposure.
Garrick W. Cason, MD
40 More Power to Them
Surgeons want high-end
features in the tools of their trade.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
46 Positioned for Success
Situating patients properly provides surgeons
with the access they need to optimize outcomes.
Benjamin D. Ward, MD
52 Top-notch Tables
Specialty surfaces that ease patient
positioning and intraoperative imaging open
outpatient doors to complex cases.
R. August Ritter III, MD
58 It's Time for
Personalized Tourniquet Systems
They deliver more efficient application of
cuff pressure to the limb, letting you use
lower and safer tourniquet pressures.
Jim McEwen, PhD
63 Breaking Stereotypes, Fixing Joints
Q&A with Karen Wu, MD, FAAOS,
joint replacement specialist and advocate
for gender diversity in orthopedics.
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M a n a g e r ' s G u i d e t o
To Our Readers
Orthopedic surgeon Mark Gittins, DO, (that's him drilling on the cover)
knows what it takes to succeed in outpatient total joints, and takes you
inside the comprehensive program he helped build at an ASC and surgical hospital in New Albany, Ohio. Replacing hips and
knees in patients who will be sent home the day of surgery is just one of the latest developments we cover in the Manager's
Guide to Orthopedic Surgery, our annual roundup of difference-making technologies and patient care improvements that
continue to revolutionize joint procedures.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photograph courtesy of Mount Carmel Health System
