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Sterilization Methods for Surgical Instruments
Sterilizing surgical instruments is a regular and essential safety practice in surgery. Multiple sterilization methods serve different purposes. Surgical sterilization ...
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Holding an Effective Operating Room “Time-Out”
An effective operating room “time-out” is when the surgical team, right before starting, confirms that the surgery involves the correct ...
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Surgeries Where Internal Surgical Marking is a Must
Internal marking is a vital step in yielding good surgical results, protecting the patient, and keeping the operating room staff ...
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Devices for Safer, More Effective Facial Plastic Surgery
Facial plastic surgery encompasses various procedures to improve or enhance facial features and structures, for aesthetic or reconstructive purposes. Within ...
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Preoperative Procedures to Ensure Successful Surgery
Preoperative procedures for patient care are a vital component of the surgical process. They aim to make surgery more effective ...
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Preventing Wrong-site Surgery and “Never Events” – 6 Effective Ways
Wrong-site surgery events can have devastating consequences for patients, as well as for healthcare providers and facilities. These “never events” ...
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Why Surgeons Mark Inside Patients During Surgery
Surgeons employ various types of surgical markers and dyes to mark inside patients during surgery. Internal surgical markings can demarcate ...
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7 Main Reasons Surgeons Draw on Patients Before Surgery
Drawing on or marking patients as part of pre-operative preparation plays a key role in surgical procedures. The markings serve ...
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Ways to Mark Skin and Body Tissue for Surgery
Various tools such as dyes, inks, sutures, and clips serve as skin and body tissue markers, enabling surgeons to precisely ...
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Reducing Tissue Trauma from Retractors
The mechanical force needed for retractors to allow adequate retraction often significantly compresses tissues. Excessive compressive force during retraction has ...
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5 Uses for Handheld Retractors [and 1 unconventional one]
Handheld surgical retractors are one of the essential tools utilized in all surgical specialties. They let surgeons hold back the edges of ...
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Key Instruments for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery
Minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery has gradually revolutionized the field of cardiothoracic surgery and is well on the way to becoming ...
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Alternatives to Ferreira and Tebbetts Retractors for Breast Surgery
The Ferreira and Tebbetts retractors are specialized surgical retractors commonly used in breast surgery and other reconstructive procedures. While they ...
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Problems with Fiber-optic Lighted Retractors for Surgery
Despite solving key problems in surgical lighting, fiber-optic lighted retractors also present problems. They’ve even been included as one of ...
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9 New Medical Devices for Safer Surgery
Faster postoperative recovery, low-cost production, and a safer environment for patients and surgical personnel are common goals in new medical ...
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