Operating Room

Data recently published in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal showed that OR physical environment may impact surgical duration and outcomes for total joint arthroplasty.

Mechanically ventilated patients requiring surgery faced elevated odds for 28-day mortality when mechanical power, or ventilation intensity, rose during the transition from operating room to ICU, according to study results.

PHILADELPHIA — In this video from the American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting, Rutva A. Vora, BASc, discusses a pilot study that analyzed the impact of time from ED to OR on surgical outcomes in patients with hip fractures.

Published results showed the use of a pneumatic tourniquet was associated with improved OR efficiency and reduced blood loss for patients who undergoing elbow surgery for fractures compared with no tourniquet.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Music can improve the experience of surgeons, especially residents, in the operating room, according to a study presented at Kiawah Eye.

According to published results, “off-hour” surgical start times between 5 p.m. and 6:59 a.m. do not negatively affect hospital quality measures or outcomes of hip fracture surgery.

FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Burkhard Dick, MD, PhD, offers practical advice on how to make the transition to a digital operating room.

FRANKFURT, Germany — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS winter meeting, Farhad Hafezi, MD, PhD, speaks about the office-based epi-on cross-linking technique developed by the ELZA Institute in Switzerland.

VIENNA — In this Healio Video Perspective from the ESCRS meeting, David F. Chang, MD, speaks about operating room waste reduction through reusing materials and equipment.

According to results published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, conventional ventilation and laminar airflow were effective for keeping methylmethacrylate fumes below harmful levels during closed bone cement mixing under vacuum.