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6 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | M A R C H 2 0 1 4 FEATURES 42 COVER STORY Yes, You Can Do Same-Day Hips A surgery center is doing 40-minute hip replacements and sending patients home in 3 hours with remarkable results. Christopher S. McClellan, DO, and Dave Berkheimer, BSN, CRNA 50 Improving Your Arthroscopic Efficiency Tips and technology to step up a busy schedule. David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor 58 Regional's Building Blocks 4 keys to improving pain management for orthopedic procedures. Gregory Hickman, MD 68 How We Cut Our Ortho Costs to the Bone 3 smart, simple strategies to save on implants and supplies. Greg DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC 75 Make Orthopedic SSIs All But Disappear We're zeroing in on zero, using these 9 steps. Gabrielle White, RN, CASC 82 Backbones to Successful Spine Upgrades to imaging, instruments and intraoperative monitoring improve outpatient out- comes. Alan Villavicencio, MD 92 Two Gloves Are Better Than One Double-gloving is proven to reduce risks of sharps injuries and exposure to bloodborne infec- tions. Daniel Cook | Executive Editor 101 What's New in Tourniquet Technology These advances in instruments and cuffs provide greater safety and efficacy for your patients. Jim McEwen, PhD, and Jeswin Jeyasurya, MASc 108 The Easy Way to Add Laser Cataracts Cataract outsourcing companies will bring the femtosecond laser to you. Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief 117 Managing Radiation Exposure in the OR 5 steps to safe C-arm use. David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor When the Doc Becomes the Patient An anesthesiologist used to being above the table shares 6 lessons she learned while being on the table. Nina Singh-Radcliff, MD March 2014 | Vol. XV, No. 3 outpatientsurgery.net 38 www outpatientsurgery.net Outpatient S urgery R Magazine March 2014 Y Your Next Patient's An Addict p. 20 Tables Turned: Doctor as Patient p. 24 Evidence You Need to Double-Glove p. 58 The Easy Way to Add Laser Cataracts p. 68 ALSO INSIDE OUR ORTHOPEDICS ISSUE • Keys to Efficient Arthroscopy • To Your Nerve Block Success • How We Save on Implants • Here's to Zero SSIs • What's New in Tourniquets • The Latest Power Tools Say Yes to Total Hips Same-day hip arthroplasty is now within your reach. P. 26 Same-day hip arthroplasty is now within your reach. P. 26 ALSO INSIDE OUR ORTHOPEDICS ISSUE • Keys to Efficient Arthroscopy • To Your Nerve Block Success • How We Save on Implants • Here's to Zero SSIs • What's New in Tourniquets • The Latest Power Tools Say Yes to Total Hips Proudly serving hospital, ASC and office-based surgical facility leaders for 14 years. OSE_1403_part1_Layout 1 3/5/14 11:28 AM Page 6