Publications by authors named "Mohanad Alazzeh"
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- Lean management strategies aim to enhance efficiency by reducing waste and optimizing processes, particularly in the operating room (OR) during posterior cervical spine surgeries.
- A pre- and post-lean study compared the perioperative anesthesia processes, identifying inefficiencies and implementing improvements, with recorded times for key steps analyzed statistically.
- Post-lean implementation resulted in a significant reduction in overall anesthesia process time and specific key steps, indicating that lean methodology can effectively improve OR efficiency in surgical settings.
Background Context: Lumbar spine surgeries require adequate exposure to visualize key structures and limited exposure can make surgery more technically difficult, thus increasing the potential for complications. Body mass index and body mass distribution have been shown to be associated with worse surgical outcomes.
Purpose: This study aims to further previous investigations in elucidating the predictive nature of body mass distribution with peri- and postoperative complications in lumbar surgery.
OBJECTIVE Spinal cord injuries (SCIs) occur in approximately 17,000 people in the US each year. The average length of hospital stay is 11 days, and deep venous thrombosis (DVT) rates as high as 65% are reported in these patients. There is no consensus on the appropriate timing of chemical DVT prophylaxis for this critically injured patient cohort.
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