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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

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State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

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Archive > January, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 1

Fast-Track Surgery Tips

Inside one hospital's quest to discharge patients faster.

Is fast-track surgery suffering from an image problem? Liane S. Feldman, MD, a general surgeon specializing in laparoscopy at McGill University Health Center in Montreal, thinks so. And she's pretty sure it has to do with the name.

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