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Manager's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery
Patients with balky knees, banged up shoulders and broken wrists are returning to athletic competition and life routines faster and happier thanks to game-changing technologies that provide clearer views and improve access to injured bones and joints. We hope you use the Manager's Guide to Orthopedic Surgery to learn about the specialty's current state of the art and its promising potential as innovations continue to push more complex procedures to the outpatient setting.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson | Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer, RN, BSN
8 Arthroscopy's Advances
Technological innovations and state-of-the-art tools have dramatically improved joint surgery.
Patrick M. Connor, MD
18 Get the Upper Hand on Orthopedic Pain
5 strategies to manage post-surgical pain in your ortho patients.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
24 To Eliminate SSIs, We
Went Back to Square One
The way we'd always done
things wasn't good enough.
James S. Harrop, MD
30 Hands, Wrists & Elbows
How your ortho service line can benefit from upper-extremity procedures.
R. Glenn Gaston, MD
36 C-Arm Essentials
Recent advances provide greater flexibility, precision and clarity.
John Alexander, RT (R), (CT), CPC
44 ABC's of Ortho Navigation Systems Is computer-assisted surgery for you?
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
49 Power Tool Preferences
Keep these factors in mind
when equipping your surgeons.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
53 Positioned for Progress
Tables and attachments are making procedures safer and more efficient.
David C. Raab, DO
