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To Our Readers
Flip through this year's Manager's Guide to Hot Technology and you'll learn about new ways
to make surgical care safer, and more effective and efficient. You'll also find a few sneak
peeks at the high-tech tools that are poised to reinvent and reimagine the way surgeons plan, see and perform surgery. Surgical
technology is evolving at breakneck speed. Get ready to be disrupted and be prepared to keep up.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photo by Yu Kwan Lee, courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic
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4 On Point
Stay Ahead of the Curve
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
8 Total Knees Go High-Tech
Robotics, custom implants and alignment tools
are helping surgeons enhance joint function
and improve long-term outcomes.
Matthew Nojiri | Senior Associate Editor
17 5 Key Advances in Anesthesia
The latest tools and techniques that
enable safe and pain-free same-day discharge.
Jim Burger | Contributing Editor
32 Adding On to Abdominal Surgery
Robots and interactive imaging technology are
set to transform minimally invasive procedures.
Jared Bilski | Senior Associate Editor
40 Surgical Video's Next Big Thing(s)
Don't look now, but it might be time to start
thinking about replacing your facility's 4K monitors.
Kendal Gapinski | Contributing Editor
49 New-School Thinking in Sterile Reprocessing
Interactive imaging and the return of
ethylene oxide will shape the future care
of contaminated instruments.
Weston (Hank) Balch, BS, MDiv, CRCST, CIS, CHL
58 Boost Your Adenoma Detection Rates
The latest scope upgrades enhance views
of the colon to highlight hard-to-spot growths.
Joe Paone | Senior Associate Editor
64 The Perks of
Paperless Preference Cards
Digital platforms take the stress out of knowing
you'll have the supplies you need when and
where you'll need them.
Joni Turner, RN, MSN,
and Jay Jadlowski, MBA, BSN, NE-BC
69 A Wide-Angle View of Today's
Whole-Room Disinfection Systems
Which automated surface-sterilizing
technology best suits your needs?
Helen Boehm Johnson, MD
77 Promote Perfect Attendance
Text message reminders and online patient regis-
tration portals can put an end to canceled cases.
Mike Morsch | Associate Editor
81 Real-time OR Monitoring
Leads to Better, Safer Surgery
Q&A with Teodor Grantcharov, MD, PhD, FACS,
creator of surgery's 'black box' and believer that
data doesn't lie.
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