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sterilizing surgical instruments

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 for safe surgery

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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Avoid wrong-site surgery and never events

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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surgeon marking skin during breast reduction surgery

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 retractor tissue trauma

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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conventional handheld retractors

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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Specialized tools for minimally invasive cardiothoracic surgery, included the Yasui koplight

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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Ferreira and Tebbetts retractor alternatives – Yasui koplight

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 light retractors, use LED lighting

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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robotic surgery – devices for safer surgery

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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