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Special Outpatient Surgery Edition - Megatrends - January 2018

Outpatient Surgery Magazine, providing current information on Surgical Services, Surgical Facility Administration, Outpatient Surgery News and Trends, OR Excellence and more.

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8 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 8 I f you think your ORs are busy now, just wait. Over the next decade, the rate of inpatient procedures is expected to decrease by 4% while the volume of outpatient procedures should jump by 23%. Complex procedures that required lengthy recoveries even 5 years ago are now being done in ambulatory surgical centers and hospital outpatient departments thanks to instru- mentation that makes minimally invasive surgery even less invasive, Skyrocketing Demand For Outpatient Surgery Focus on cost containment, convenience and clinical advancements to capitalize on the exponential growth of case volumes. Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA, FAAP | Newport Beach, Calif. • CASING THE JOINT Same-day total knee replacements have helped pave the way for adding other complex procedures to the ambulatory armamentarium.

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