General Anesthesia Contributes to Post-op Pain
Some "noxious" general anesthetics excite sensory neurons that cause peripheral pain in patients once they wake from surgery, researchers say. I...
WHO Issues Surgical Safety Checklist
The World Health Organization and the Harvard University School of Public Health have created a new perioperative checklist for surgical team member...
Surgical Business Ethics in the Press
It's no secret that some leading orthopedic surgeons receive six- and seven-figure payments annually from the makers of artificial hips and knees. B...
The beauty of today's automated instrument tracking systems is, as one company puts it, being able to locate trays and instruments in seconds using barcode scanners and keystrokes, not search parties.