Tag: outpatient surgery

Risk factors, complications associated with mortality after outpatient surgery

Editor's Note This study by researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, examines preoperative risk factors, operative variables, and postoperative complications associated with 30-day mortality after outpatient surgery. A total of 2,822,789 patients in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database were included…

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By: Judy Mathias
August 31, 2023
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Are spinal procedures the wave of the future for ASCs?

Spine procedures are driving growth and optimizing performance in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs). Michael Ast, MD, chief medical innovation officer for HSS, Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, can attest to this personally. A year ago, his father could not even walk up a flight of stairs. Now, he…

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By: Jennifer Lubell
December 16, 2021
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