The Neuro -Surgical team of the King’s College hospital is testing a new way of working to reduce the time that patients expect routine surgery.
High intensity theater lists (HIT) are evaluated on Saturday to safely treat a greater number of patients with neck and column problems.
Recently, the Denmark Hill Trust team carried out eight procedures in one day compared to an average of 2.5 cases in a unique standard list.
The blow lists focus on a type or procedure at the same time, which allows simplified preparation and maximization of the number of patients will be treated in one day.
Duration A success list, there is a greater number of anesthetic, surgical and theater personnel to ensure that patients are prepared and ready for their procedure, reducing the amount of non -operational time for the surgeon.
Two operational theaters together with three multidisciplinary teams work to allow the surgeon to go among the cases, which allows more cases to be carried out in the same period of time.
Gordan Grahovac, neurosurgeon consultant at King’s College Hospital, which has been operating a success list, said: “Careful planning to select the most appropriate patients, together with simplified processes, is key to the success of the blow lists.
“We are currently analyzing all areas of the patient’s trip, seeing what works well and where we need to make changes to improve efficiency. This allows us, such as surgeons, spending more time operating and less non -operational time.
“In addition to refining hospital processes, we are also looking for patient education and how we can support those who undergo surgery to do a quick postoperative recovery.”
Mr. Grahovac added: “In King’s, we have an improved recovery team that works with patients to ensure that they are as healthy and healthy as possible before surgery, supporting them to eat well and exercise, as well as renounce or reduce the consumption of smoking and alcohol, and mobilize quickly after surgery.
“The investigation has shown that the sooner a person gets out of bed and begins to walk, eat and drink after having an operation, the shorter his recovery time will be.”
The Hit List Procedures Carried Out Were Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF) Surgery on Patients Experiencing Pressure On The Spinal Cord Or Nerves Causling, Numbness, Or Weakness in The Upper Limbs, and Laminectomies, and Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies, Treatomies to Treatomies, the treatomies to the treatomies, the treatomies to the treatomies, the treatomies to the treatomies, the treatoms to the treatomies, the treatomies to the treatomies of the treatomies of the treatomies of the treatomies. Conditions that include sliding disks, sciatic and column injuries.
Of the eight operated patients, six were well enough to be discharged the next day, and the remaining two the next day.
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