The Ambulatory Surgery Unit at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center performs outpatient surgeries encompassing various specialties and faces multiple daily...

Houston-based Caryn Honig heard the words no marathoner wants to hear when told she needed a knee replacement. “You will probably never run again.”

Patient warming stories tend to focus heavily on the “comfort” factor. That makes sense when you hear about all the positive comments and high satisfaction scores that tend to...

Smart implants have long held the promise of transforming orthopedic care — from passive mechanical devices to active, data-generating tools that can enhance clinical...

Success in total joint replacements relies on precision across every step of the perioperative journey — including something as seemingly simple as keeping patients warm....

The most sophisticated anesthesia providers agree that the services they provide can be as much art as science. When one considers the vast number of anesthesia options and...

Optimal total joints outcomes require a multidisciplinary approach that begins long before the day of surgery....

A lot is riding on adequately preparing patients for their upcoming surgeries — especially when you’re working with pediatric patients....

In outpatient ophthalmic surgery, especially in terms of its core cataracts procedures, various medications have emerged that are improving experiences and outcomes for...

It’s not unusual for a resident at Raya’s Paradise, a senior care community in Los Angeles, to suffer from postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in recovery from...

Regional anesthesia is a game changer in outpatient surgery. It promotes quicker recoveries, reduces intra- and postoperative opioid use, and facilitates same-day...

Trusted associations strongly recommend warming patients throughout the perioperative process and an array of studies highlight the multiple benefits of this...

The early recognition and prompt treatment of a malignant hyperthermia (MH) crisis is essential for a patient’s survival. Healthcare professionals everywhere are on a mission...

When we approached Santa Cruz (Calif.) Surgery Center CEO/Administrator Lisa Cooper about a video the ASC produced and posted on LinkedIn about postoperative pain...

Achieving optimal and timely recoveries for total joints patients isn’t easy....

For decades, patients heading into joint replacement surgery have heard their procedure should be a simple, no-frills affair, only to experience a much different...

Most patients know to expect some pain following surgery, as their own common sense tells them that an operation will hurt....

As a surgeon on the forefront of outpatient colectomies, Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS, assigns a high value to patient selection....

Prizes are a great way to reward pint-sized patients after procedures or appointments, but how you offer the prize is as important, if not more important, than what you...

An inadvertent hypothermic event during surgery can turn a routine procedure into a case with multiple complications....