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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

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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 > June, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 6
If I Could Redo My OR
What would you change? Here's the wish list from our latest reader survey.
Dianne Taylor, Contributing Editor

If you had free rein to revamp your OR, no restrictions, what would you do? If you're like most of the readers we surveyed, you'd make it bigger. You'd add more floor space for equipment and more storage space for supplies. You'd make way for the growing number of devices and supplies brought on by the minimally invasive technology boom. As one director of surgical services told us, "The smaller the incision, the larger the room needs to be."

Categories: Building/Renovating, Equipping Your OR, Reader Surveys
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