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13.09.2019 | ASO Author Reflections
ASO Author Reflections: Trimming the Fat: Improving Access to Immediate Breast Reconstructive Surgery by Streamlining Operating Room Resources
verfasst von:
Esta S. Bovill, MBBS, PhD, Elaine C. McKevitt, MD, MEd
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2019
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Excerpt
Despite benefits in quality of life, patient satisfaction, overall health care costs, and number of surgeries,
1 fewer than 30% of patients undergo immediate breast reconstruction after therapeutic mastectomy.
2 A paucity of qualified oncologic and plastic surgeons coupled with inefficient use of operating room (OR) resources presents challenges in offering immediate breast reconstruction. “Swing room” models to improve access to single-service surgery have been described. These models involve surgeons moving between two fully staffed ORs.
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4 Although this model improves access to a limited surgeon resource, it otherwise simply reproduces the work performed by two surgeons, leaving the more costly facility and staffing outlay unchanged. …