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OR Management News • Volume 16 • December 2021
4 Using Machine Learning to Predict
Surgical Site Infections
6 Distractions in the OR:
How to Identify and Manage Them
8 Optimizing the Patient for Surgery: The Pre-op Psychological Survey
10 Robot Facilitates Less Invasive Approach To More Liver Resections, Study Suggests
12 Antibiotic Use Highly Tied to C. diff In Hospitals
14 Handovers During Cardiac Surgery Can
Increase Mortality
16 Can Infection Prevention Go Green?
18 Effect of Pot Smoking on Major Surgical
Outcomes Insignificant
19 Transgastric Debridement for Necrotizing Pancreatitis Needs a Team Approach
20 Clinical Pearls in Hernia Repair: Avoiding Errors
21 Buyers Guide
22 Anatomy of a Lawsuit:
Advice for Wound Care Providers
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“Robotic liver surgery overcomes several limitations of conventional laparoscopy, as it offers 3D visualization, improved articulation, precise vascular dissection, the ability to suture with both hands and better ergonomics.”
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