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What Will the OR of the Future Look Like? - July 2014 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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6 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 | J U LY 2 0 1 4 images and videos to a post-op report, add annotations and follow- up care recommendations, and email the information to patients or share it with them on a tablet in recovery soon after surgery. It's those types of educational efforts that can boost patient satisfac- tion scores, which impact facility reimbursements. Novatract Surgical Laparoscopic Dynamic Retractor The retractor is designed for organ and tissue manipulation through a 5mm port, which is freed up for working instruments once the device is deployed. The surgeon clips the tissue that needs to be moved, releases the clip from the device's tip and fires an anchor into the abdominal wall to act as a fulcrum for retraction. A string attached to a pulley mechanism lets the surgeon adjust the tension as needed. A company rep told me the device reduces the need for ports dedicated to retrac- tion for surgeons attempting single-incision procedures or 2-port lap choles. It's definitely a neat design, but sometimes the best devices have the fewest moving parts, so I'd like to see how the retraction works dur- ing a procedure to truly judge how it performs in practice. OSM Dr. Renton ( da vid.renton@osumc.edu ) is an assistant professor of surgery at Ohio State University's Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Columbus, Ohio. 8 L A P A R O S C O P Y P R O D U C T S OSE_1407_part2_Layout 1 7/3/14 8:49 AM Page 66

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