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Tag: patient outcomes

Benefits of Virtual Reality

By Christopher Klifto, MD Virtual reality (VR) is simulation technology that allows users to become immersed in and interact with a 3D, computer-generated environment in real time. The concept of VR has been discussed in the context of medical and surgical education for decades. As work hour restrictions continue to change, there is a need for […]

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Pain-Guided Healing

By Donald H. Lalonde, MD I am much better at patient education during WALANT carpal tunnel release than I used to be. Patients love the intraoperative advice from their surgeon. Post-op complications or complaints decrease. I tell them that if they follow the rules, they will be doing most things by 2 weeks except for […]

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How My Professional Life Has Changed

By Antonia Russomando, MD I thought a lot about this topic.  It’s not easy to talk about all things that a surgeon can learn in this amount of time. I think that, like every surgeon who loves his job, one of my main issues was to get new skills and to improve my technical attitude. […]

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Steady Hands

By Lindsey Urband, MD I consider my greatest strength as a hand surgeon to be my technical skill and steady hands. As it turns out, I began cultivating these attributes as a child in my play. When I was four years old, I built a dollhouse with my grandfather. The construction of the dollhouse itself […]

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