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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive >  Overweight Patients 2008
Your Heavyweight Table Options
High weight capacity is a must-have feature of today's operating room tables.
Lynne Ingle, RN, BS, MHA, CNOR

Hercules. Alphamaxx. Cmax. Operon D 850. Just as patients are getting bigger, so, too, are the names of some of today's surgical tables. They scream super heavyweight, sturdy and strong. Rest easy, they say: We're built to hold patients that are a lot bigger than they used to be.

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