Overlapping Surgery in the Ambulatory Orthopaedic Setting

Conclusions:
Overlapping surgery yields equivalent patient operating room time, procedure time, and 30-day complication rates as non-overlapping surgery in the ambulatory orthopaedic setting. Further investigation is warranted for inpatient orthopaedic procedures and across all orthopaedic subspecialties.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level III. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: JBJS - November 15, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Zhang, A. L., Sing, D. C., Dang, D. Y., Ma, C. B., Black, D., Vail, T. P., Feeley, B. T. Tags: Scientific Articles Source Type: research