Background: The wide-awake local anesthesia with no tourniquet (WALANT) technique has
become popularized for various hand/upper extremity procedures. Before surgery, patients …

Background Infection prevention measures are widely used in operating rooms (ORs).
However, the extent to which they are at odds with ambitions to reduce the health sector's …

ABSTRACT The Lean Six Sigma is one the most effective methods of total quality
management to continuously improve the quality performance of the organizations. This …

Abstract Background Surgical Tray Rationalization (STR) consists of a systematic reduction
in the number of surgical instruments to perform specific procedures without compromising …

Background Shoulder arthroplasty (SA) incurs up to $1.8 B per year in societal costs. With
the increasing demand for SA and the steady decrease of annual reimbursements for …

Purpose To develop a novel machine learning algorithm capable of predicting TKA implant
sizes using a large, multicenter database. Methods A consecutive series of primary TKA …

Background: Surgical trays are often poorly configured and can be ongoing sources of
frustration and excess costs. We conducted an observational study to determine if the use of …

Surgeons, anaesthetists, wider surgical teams and hospital managers are a large global
group that has the capacity and power to play a leadership role to contribute to change …

Background: The use of minor field sterility in hand/upper extremity cases has been shown
to improve workflow efficiency while maintaining patient safety. As this finding has been …

Objective: To evaluate Medicare reimbursement trends for endocrine surgeries from 2000-
23. Background: As the population ages, demand for endocrine surgeries is expected to …