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A dedicated after-hours surgical team and protocol has tremendous potential to increase efficiency and address surgical backlogs while maintaining good patient outcomes.
A dedicated after-hours surgical team and protocol may increase efficiency and address surgical backlogs while maintaining good outcomes.
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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Anastasio et al. (2021) conducted an editorial in Surgical backlog and surgical fatigue. Dedicated after-hours surgical team and protocol was evaluated. A dedicated after-hours surgical team and protocol has tremendous potential to increase efficiency and address surgical backlogs while maintaining good patient outcomes.
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