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Teaming
Up
Over
Total
Joints
A
hospital
and
an
ASC
discover
collaboration
beats
competition.
Daniel
Cook
|
Executive
Editor
10
Surgery's
Hottest
Trend:
Same-Day
Joint
Replacement
The
Andrews
Institute
ASC
has
realized
the
many
benefits
of
adding
outpatient
total
joints.
Daniel
Cook
|
Executive
Editor
18
Pick
a
Picture-Perfect
Arthroscopy
Video
Platform
Focus
on
the
features
your
orthopods
want
in
a
new
imaging
system.
Barbara
Gosselin,
RN,
CNOR,
RNFA
25
Is
Robotic-Assisted
Joint
Replacement
For
You?
The
technology
produces
better
outcomes
and
could
send
patients
flocking
to
your
center.
Joseph
Nessler,
MD
31
Up
and
Running
With
Uni
Knees
Adding
partial
replacements
is
a
great
way
to
launch
an
outpatient
joint
program.
Kendal
Gapinski
|
Associate
Editor
40
Time
for
New
Power
Tools?
Look
for
these
essential
features
when
you
upgrade.
Keith
Fehring,
MD
46 Shopping for Safer Tourniquets
These features help prevent pressure-related
injuries and other potentially serious complications.
Jim McEwen, PhD
49 Fed Up With Fluid Waste?
Capture arthroscopy's runoff
before it makes a mess of your ORs.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
55 Near-Perfect Pain Control
Inside a surgical hospital's multimodal regimen.
Amar Ranawat, MD
63 Orthopedic Positioning
Pointers in Photos
When procedures call for you to
suspend limbs, articulate joints and hyperextend
necks, injuries are just waiting to happen.
Kris Lindeen, BSN, RN
72 Is an Orthopedic
Urgent Care Center for You?
Because accidents don't keep regular
business hours, neither should you.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
78 The Past and Future
of Outpatient Joints
Q&A with Richard Berger, MD,
hip and knee replacement pioneer.
To Our Readers
Moving total joint replacements to the outpatient setting continues to be a buzz-
worthy trend, but that's not all that's exciting about the future of orthopedic care.
Partial knee replacements are gaining momentum, robotics add incredible accuracy to implant alignment and stunning 4K
imaging are literally turning heads in a growing number of ORs. Check out the Manager's Guide to Orthopedics to learn more
about those developments and the other trends and technologies that will keep your facility on the cutting edge of care.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN
Orthopedics
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