Operating Room

In this Healio Video Perspective from the Vit-Buckle Society annual meeting, Michelle Liang, MD, shares pearls on how retina specialists can help fellows feel comfortable in the OR.

Published results showed surgical team dynamics, such as staff turnover and the presence of surgeon-preferred staff, may impact operative times and procedural efficiency.

Diet may play an important role in the pathophysiology of endometriosis, with a plant-based diet and vitamin D possibly beneficial in preventing and treating the disease, according to a review published in Frontiers in Nutrition.

Cost savings and a smaller environmental footprint may be achieved by hospitals and health care systems that implement key OR quality improvement strategies, according to a review of quality improvement initiatives and interventions.

Credit goes to Donald H. LaLonde, MD, FRCSC, at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, who helped debunk the idea that epinephrine is unsafe to use in digits and developed more comfortable methods of local anesthesia.

Published results showed orthopedic surgeons are at risk for developing noise-induced hearing loss and permanent hearing loss due to damaging decibel levels in the OR.

Published results showed it may be safe to perform open trigger finger release in the clinic, with complication rates similar to those reported when open trigger finger release is performed in the OR.

Life is full of stressors, but surgeons cannot afford to let them interfere with their performance.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Patient care areas, including operating rooms, might not have as clean or sterile air as most people think, according to a speaker at the Retina World Congress.

Female nurses who worked in the operating rooms for 15 years or more had an increased risk for developing COPD compared with nurses who never worked in an OR, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.