A Solution to After-Hours Fatigue and Surgical Backlog

After-hours surgery represents a novel solution that can effectively combat surgical fatigue of care teams in addition to addressing the high volume of surgical backlog associated with the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This commentary seeks to rationalize how successful employment of a ded...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Anastasio, Albert T., Patel, Preet Shailesh, Fernandez-Moure, Joseph, Gage, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
Materias:
COVID-19 in the Orthopaedic Community
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7868493/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33614190
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2151459321989523
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Sumario:After-hours surgery represents a novel solution that can effectively combat surgical fatigue of care teams in addition to addressing the high volume of surgical backlog associated with the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. This commentary seeks to rationalize how successful employment of a dedicated after-hours surgical team and protocol has tremendous potential for increased efficiency while maintaining good surgical outcomes in patients.

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