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16 Surgery Centers With 23-Hour Stays

Here are 16 ambulatory surgery centers that include 23-hour stay areas for patients. We are constantly updating this list and if you would like to recommend an ASC for inclusion, please contact Laura at this e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Surgery Center (Cincinnati). Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine’s ambulatory surgery center is equipped with 23 hour stay rooms for patients who need extended recovery. The surgery center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and includes viewing rooms where families can see the operating room environment and watch the procedure as its being performed. Beacon Orthopaedics offers MRI, DEXA bone density scanners and X-ray as well as physical therapy and athletic trainers. Orthopedic surgeons have a special interest in total joint replacement, arthroscopic procedures and sports medicine. The practice also includes a spine center and partners with Chiropractic Care.Cedar Lake Surgery Center (Biloxi, Mis.). Cedar Lakes Surgery Center was established in 1977 as the first freestanding outpatient surgery center in Mississippi. It has since grown into a 16,000-squre-foot facility that can accommodate 23-hour stays. Technology at the surgery center includes the Intstatrac sinus surgery computer system, laser technology and advanced arthroscopy equipment. The ASC also includes procedure areas for endoscopy and pain management. The surgery center is wholly physician-owned and houses the first surgical suite dedicated to performing and teaching balloon Sinuplasty techniques. Surgeons at the center have a special interest in internal medicine, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, orthopedics and otolaryngology.Centrum Surgical Center (Englewood, Colo.). Centrum Surgical Center includes six preoperative stations, one pediatric preoperative station and four operating rooms. The center can accommodate for patients who need 23-hour stays and includes a closed anesthesia staff with radiology capabilities onsite. The surgery center includes orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, urology pain management, ENT, ophthalmology and oral surgery. The ASC was founded in 1994 and is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. It is a HealthOne facility.DISC Sports and Spine Center (Marina del Rey, Calif.). DISC is able to provide patients with 23-hour overnight stays. There are private patient rooms for overnight stays with flat screen TVs and satellite service, full hospital beds and blankets patients are able to take home with them. Skilled nurses are also staffed near the patient rooms overnight, with a maximum ratio of one nurse for every two patients. DISC has partnered with Smith & Nephew to provide advanced operating rooms that have a centralized flow of information to optimize equipment, control media and configure the room for each particular surgeon. The surgery center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care and serves as the official medical providers for the U.S. Olympic Team, Red Bull America athletes and Los Angeles Kings. Surgeons are able to provide an array of orthopedic and spine procedures in the ASC, including partial knee replacements and minimally invasive spine surgery. Greater Sacramento (Calif.). Greater Sacramento Surgery Center has a 23 Hour Stay Program, which allows patients to stay overnight when necessary. The surgery center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Physicians at the surgery center perform arthroscopic knee surgery, shoulder surgery, GI procedures, ovary surgery and colonoscopy.Harmony Surgery Center (Fort Collins, Colo.). Harmony Surgery Center has a convalescence care license which allows patients to have an extended recovery stay. The multispecialty ASC includes four operating rooms, two GI endoscopy rooms, a pain management room and six private overnight extended recovery suites. The nurse-to-patient ratio for overnight stays does not exceed one to three. It is accredited by the Joint Commission and is an active member in the Colorado Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. There are 27 physician investors who have a special interest in bariatric surgery, ENT, orthopedic surgery, urology, ophthalmology and pain management.Hudson Crossing Surgery Center (Fort Lee, N.J.). Hudson Crossing Surgery Center opened in 2005 and includes a 14-bed post-anesthesia care unit providing for up to 23 hours postoperative stays. The surgery center has five operating rooms and has treated more than 30,000 patients since its inception. The surgery center is managed by Surgery Works and led by President Barry Salzman. Surgeons at the center specialize in ENT, orthopedics, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, spine, pain management and urology. The center is accredited by the Accreditation Association of Ambulatory Health Care and includes the Medtronic Fusion Navigation and Sinus Irrigation ENT equipment, Zeiss microscopes for spine and ENT procedures and Lumenis Holminum Laser Lithotripsy equipment.Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center. Loveland Surgery Center includes a convalescence center for patients who need an extended stay. The rooms include televisions. Loveland hosts about 3,400 orthopedic, spine, pain management and ENT procedures annually. It has seven physician-owners. The center’s spine program was an early adopter of the level-three Prestige cervical disc replacement, the Coflex device, the multi-level NeoDisc replacement and the Dynamic Stabilization system for a posterior lumbar fusion, according to Sue Sumpter, administrator of the center. Loveland Surgery holds a convalescent license, allowing it to cover more complex surgeries. The surgery center is accredited by The Joint Commission.Midtown Surgical Center (Denver). Midtown Surgical Center can accommodate 23-hour stay patients at its multispecialty ASC. The surgery center has eight pre-operative stations, five operating rooms, one minor procedure room and three GI endoscopy suites. Surgeons at the ASC perform orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, urological procedures, ophthalmology, ENT and pain management. The facility is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. It was founded in 1995 and is a HealthOne facility.Millennium Surgical Center (Cherry Hill, N.J.). Millennium Surgical Center work with the Millennium Physicians Network to provide patients with care in the ASC. The surgery center has 23-hour overnight stay capabilities and an infection rate of less than 0.1 percent. The surgery center was opened in October 2007 and accredited by the Joint Commission. Surgeons at the ASC perform orthopedics, spine, pain management and podiatry services. The procedures performed at the surgery center range from minimally invasive spine surgery and anterior discectomy with fusion to reconstructive shoulder and knee surgery. The surgery center includes 25 physician owners.Northern Wyoming Surgical Center (Cody). The physicians of Big Horn Basin Bone & Joint Clinic perform a majority of their surgeries at Northern Wyoming Surgical Center, which includes 23-hour stays. The ASC has four overnight stay rooms and provides patients with select meals prepared by a local restaurant. in addition to orthopedics, the surgery center offers neurosurgery and spine procedures, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, endoscopy, urology and pain management. The surgery center has been serving its community for more than 10 years and is jointly owned by the physicians and West Park Hospital. It is Medicare-certified and a member of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla (Calif.). Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla includes 23-hour stay capabilities. Surgeons at the center have a special interest in spine and orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology, general surgery and pain management. The surgery center is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. The surgery center has adopted global fee pricing and works with cash pay patients. It is affiliated with the California Ambulatory Surgery Association, Surgery one, La Jolla Lap Band and San Diego Joint Replacement Network.Presidio Surgery Center (San Francisco). Founded in 1989 as a joint venture with Sutter Health, Presidio Surgery Center is currently a joint venture between several physician groups and Sutter. The facility accommodates 23-hour stays for those who have more complex procedures, such as laparoscopic appendectomy, anterior cervical discectomy, complex orthopedic surgery and total joint surgery. The ASC has two ACLS-certified registered nurses and security. It provides meals, internet, TV and DVDs for patients staying over night. The center has undergone accreditation by the Joint Commission. Of the 41 physician partners, the orthopedic surgeons provide care for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Ballet and Golden State Warriors.Rockwall (Texas) Surgery Center. Rockwall Surgery Center includes extended care stays of 23 hours or less. in addition to an overnight recovery area, the facility provides one meal in the evening for patients staying all night as well as wireless internet and satellite television. Rockwall Surgery Center includes three operating rooms and one treatment room. It is accredited by the Joint Commission and is an affiliate of United Surgical Partners International.  Physicians at the center specialize in orthopedics, gynecology, general surgery, pain management, colo-rectal surgery and podiatry.San Leandro (Calif.) Surgery Center. San Leandro Surgery Center provides same day surgery and overnight stays for 23 hours. all nurses at the center have current advanced cardiac life support certification and the ASC provides meals for patients when necessary. The surgery center includes 50 physicians in the San Leandro area who perform a variety of procedures, such as general surgery, neurosurgery, gynecology, orthopedics, oral surgery, ophthalmology, urology, podiatry, ENT and pain management. The surgery center is led by medical director Ronald Rubenstein, MD, and executive director Sheila L. Cook, RN. The ASC is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.The Surgery Center (Middleburg Heights, Ohio). The Surgery Center was founded by local surgeons in 1984 and includes 23-hour beds for patients undergoing complex procedures. Extended recovery care at the center includes semi-private rooms with TV, DVD and private phone lines. The physicians specialize in ENT, general surgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopedics, pain management, plastic surgery and urology. The surgery center is accredited by the Joint Commission. The facility currently includes 76 credentialed physicians and performs approximately 6,000 cases per year. There are six operating rooms, two procedure rooms and four extended stay beds in the 20,000-square-foot facility.

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16 Surgery Centers With 23-Hour Stays

Ronald Poppo, Fla. face-chewing victim, is in good spirits, doctors say

This undated booking photo shows Ronald Poppo, identified as the victim in a face-chewing attack in Miami on may 26, 2012.

(Credit:AP Photo/Miami-Dade Police Dept.)

(CBS/AP) MIAMI – Face-chewing victim Ronald Poppo is reportedly in good spirits following the bizarre attack alongside a busy Miami causeway that left him missing about 75 percent of his face. Doctors said Tuesday that Poppo is talking and walking with the help of hospital staff.

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“He’s pleased to report to all of you that he’s feeling well, he’s eating, he’s walking around with physical therapy, he’s talking with us,” said Nicholas Namias, a University of Miami trauma surgeon and co-director of the Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Center.

Poppo, 65, has been at the hospital since the may 26 attack when 31-year-old Rudy Eugene assaulted him along Miami’s MacArthur Causeway. a witness described Eugene ripping at Poppo’s face with his mouth and growling at a Miami police officer who shot and killed Eugene. Autopsy results are pending.

Doctors removed Poppo’s left eye but are trying to find a way to restore vision in his right eye. He will likely remain at the hospital for several more weeks and will need more surgeries before he can explore the options for reconstructing his face.

“I’ve talked to him about reconstruction and he’s said we’ll take it one day at a time,” said Wrood Kassira, a University of Miami plastic surgeon at Jackson. “He’s very logical.”

A close-up photograph of Poppo released on Tuesday showed the upper two-thirds of his face covered in scabs and grafts. He’s missing his nose and both eye sockets were covered, the left with gauze and the right with a flap of skin from his forehead and scalp. his gray beard was trimmed, leaving a mustache over his upper lip.

“It’s hard when he smiles to see who he is,” Kassira said.

Poppo also suffered two puncture wounds to his chest and a brain injury similar to what happens after a car crash, Namias said. According to the Associated Press, Poppo previously survived a gunshot wound.

Being homeless for nearly 30 years, social workers will try to help Poppo find a place to live. He faced multiple charges of public intoxication among other arrests, according to the AP.

Poppo, aware of the media coverage the face-chewing attack has generated, has requested pizza, orange juice and Italian food to eat. He also talked about swimming, which he used to enjoy. Namias said he asked for the television to be turned off in his room, unless it’s tuned to Miami Heat basketball games.

The doctor said Poppo hasn’t once complained about his pain.

“He’s really just sort of living in the moment and just wants to talk about routine things,” he said.

A fund established by the Jackson Memorial Foundation to assist Poppo has raised $15,000. Poppo also qualifies for Medicaid and Medicare, hospital officials said.

Complete coverage of Rudy Eugene and Ronald Poppo on Crimesider

Ronald Poppo, Fla. face-chewing victim, is in good spirits, doctors say

Surgeons Restore Some Hand Function to Quadriplegic Patient

Newswise — Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. Instead of operating on the spine itself, the surgeons rerouted working nerves in the upper arms. These nerves still “talk” to the brain because they attach to the spine above the injury.

Following the surgery, performed at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and one year of intensive physical therapy, the patient regained some hand function, specifically the ability to bend the thumb and index finger. he can now feed himself bite-size pieces of food and write with assistance.

The case study, published online May 15 in the Journal of Neurosurgery, is, to the authors’ knowledge, the first reported case of restoring the ability to flex the thumb and index finger after a spinal cord injury.

“This procedure is unusual for treating quadriplegia because we do not attempt to go back into the spinal cord where the injury is,” says surgeon Ida K. Fox, MD, assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Washington University, who treats patients at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. “Instead, we go out to where we know things work — in this case the elbow — so that we can borrow nerves there and reroute them to give hand function.”

Although patients with spinal cord injuries at the C6 and C7 vertebra have no hand function, they do have shoulder, elbow and some wrist function because the associated nerves attach to the spinal cord above the injury and connect to the brain. since the surgeon must tap into these working nerves, the technique will not benefit patients who have lost all arm function due to higher injuries — in vertebrae C1 through C5.

The surgery was developed and performed by the study’s senior author Susan E. Mackinnon, MD, chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine. Specializing in injuries to peripheral nerves, she has pioneered similar surgeries to return function to injured arms and legs.

Mackinnon originally developed this procedure for patients with arm injuries specifically damaging the nerves that provide the ability to flex the thumb and index finger. this is the first time she has applied this peripheral nerve technique to return limb function after a spinal cord injury.

“Many times these patients say they would like to be able to do very simple things,” Fox says. “They say they would like to be able to feed themselves or write without assistance. If we can restore the ability to pinch, between thumb and index finger, it can return some very basic independence.”

Mackinnon cautions that the hand function restored to the patient was not instantaneous and required intensive physical therapy. It takes time to retrain the brain to understand that nerves that used to bend the elbow now provide pinch, she says.

Though this study reports only one case, Mackinnon and her colleagues do not anticipate a limited window of time during which a patient with a similar spinal cord injury must be treated with this nerve transfer technique. this patient underwent the surgery almost two years after his injury. As long as the nerve remains connected to the support and nourishment of the spinal cord, even though it no longer “talks” to the brain, the nerve and its associated muscle remain healthy, even years after the injury.

“The spinal cord is the control center for the nerves, which run like spaghetti all the way out to the tips of the fingers and the tips of the toes,” says Mackinnon, the Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Professor and director of the School of Medicine’s Center for Nerve Injury and Paralysis. “Even nerves below the injury remain healthy because they are still connected to the spinal cord. the problem is that these nerves no longer ‘talk’ to the brain because the spinal cord injury blocks the signals.”

To detour around the block in this patient’s C7 spinal cord injury and return hand function below the level of the injury, Mackinnon operated in the upper arms. There, the working nerves that connect above the injury and the non-working nerves that connect below the injury run parallel to each other, making it possible to tap into a functional nerve and direct those signals to a non-functional neighbor.

In this case, Mackinnon took a non-working nerve that controls the ability to pinch and plugged it into a working nerve that drives one of two muscles that flex the elbow. after the surgery, the bicep still flexes the elbow, but a second muscle, called the brachialis, that used to also provide elbow flexion, now bends the thumb and index finger.

“This is not a particularly expensive or overly complex surgery,” Mackinnon says. “It’s not a hand or a face transplant, for example. It’s something we would like other surgeons around the country to do.”

Detailed information for potential patients interested in nerve transfer surgery for C6 and C7 spinal cord injury will be available after 10 a.m. EDT Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at nerve.wustl.edu.

Mackinnon SE, Yee a, Ray WZ. Spinal cord injury bypass technique with nerve transfers for the restoration of hand function after spinal cord injury – case report and review of the literature. The Journal of Neurosurgery. Online May 15, 2012.

Washington University School of Medicine’s 2,100 employed and volunteer faculty physicians also are the medical staff of Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals. the School of Medicine is one of the leading medical research, teaching and patient care institutions in the nation, currently ranked sixth in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. through its affiliations with Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s hospitals, the School of Medicine is linked to BJC HealthCare.

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Surgery Returns Hand’s Function After Spinal Cord Injury

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Surgeons at Washington State University in St. Louis recently revealed that they were able to restore some hand function in a quadriplegic patient who suffered from a spinal cord injury at the C7 Vertebra, which is the lowest bone in the neck. They were able to reroute the working nerves in the arms instead of operating on the spine. the nerves are able to communicate with the brain because they’re attached to the part of the spine that’s above the injury.

The patient was able to regain semi-hand function, particularly bend his thumb and index finger, after undergoing a surgery at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and participating in a year of intensive physical therapy. According to AFP, the patient is a 71-year-old man had suffered a spinal injury in a car accident; he’s now able to feed himself small pieces of food and write with assistance. the study, published in the may 15 issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery, is believed to be the first case study that restores ability to flex the thumb and index finger.

“This procedure is unusual for treating quadriplegia because we do not attempt to go back into the spinal cord where the injury is,” remarked surgeon Dr. Ida K. Fox, an assistant professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Washington University, in a prepared statement. “instead, we go out to where we know things work — in this case the elbow — so that we can borrow nerves there and reroute them to give hand function.”

Patients who have injuries at the C6 and C7 vertebra generally have no hand function, but can move the shoulder, elbow, and some parts of the wrist as the nerves connect to the brain and are found above the injury point. This surgery is not helpful to patients who have lost arm function in vertebra C1 through C5, which are higher parts of the spine.  the surgery is very specific in the type of patient it can assist.

“It’s very important to caution that this applies only to those with spinal injuries far enough down on the spine that there are remnants of nerves that are still functional above the injury that can be tapped into,” stated Dr. J. Marc Simard, a professor of neurosurgery, pathology and physiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore in a article by U.S. News.

Dr. Susan E. Mackinnon, chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine, was the first to develop and perform the surgery. she specializes in surgeries that relate to the peripheral nerves and has initiated other similar surgeries that bring function back to the arms and legs. the surgery reported in the Journal of Neurosurgery was the first one she had done that applied the peripheral nerve technique and gave the limb function following a spinal cord injury. Mackinnon also believes that the return of limb function was as much based off of intensive therapy as it was on the surgery. Therapy helps the brain relearn how the nerves bend the elbow and complete other limb movements.

“Many times these patients say they would like to be able to do very simple things,” discussed Fox in a statement. “They say they would like to be able to feed themselves or write without assistance. If we can restore the ability to pinch, between thumb and index finger, it can return some very basic independence.”

Regarding the surgery, Mackinnon doesn’t believe that there’s a window of time in which it needs to be done. According to the report, the patient completed the surgery two years after his spinal injury. as long as the nerves are connected to the support of the spine, then the nerves and related muscles stay healthy even long after injury.

“the spinal cord is the control center for the nerves, which run like spaghetti all the way out to the tips of the fingers and the tips of the toes,” noted Mackinnon, the director of the School of Medicine’s Center for Nerve Injury and Paralysis, in a statement. “even nerves below the injury remain healthy because they are still connected to the spinal cord. the problem is that these nerves no longer ‘talk’ to the brain because the spinal cord injury blocks the signals.”

During the surgery, Mackinnon operated in the upper arms to work around the patient’s C7 spinal cord injury. the working nerves and the non working nerves are parallel to each other. Mackinnon was able to take a non-working nerve and plug it into a working nerve that can help the muscles that flex the elbow. Following the surgery, the bicep still flexed the elbow but the brachilais, another muscle, was used to help bend the thumb and the finger.

“This is not a particularly expensive or overly complex surgery,” Mackinnon explained in the statement. “It’s not a hand or a face transplant, for example. It’s something we would like other surgeons around the country to do.”

The surgery will have lasting effects on those who participate in it.

“One of the issues with techniques such as this is the permanence of the outcome – once done it is hard to reverse. There is an inevitable sacrifice of some healthy function above the injury in order to provide more useful function below,” said Dr. mark Bacon, the director of research at the charity Spinal Research, to the BBC. “This may be entirely acceptable when we are ultimately talking about providing function that leads to a greater quality of life. for the limited number of patients that may benefit from this technique this may be seen as a small price to pay.”

Medical professionals are positive that this surgery could help other individuals with similar treatment.

“One element that is unusual in this case is success in a 71 year old, because older individuals typically have much lower nerve and regenerative potential,” said Dr. Lewis Lane, chief of hand surgery at North Shore University Hospital in New York, in an interview with AFP.

Surgery Returns Hand’s Function After Spinal Cord Injury

Dynatronics Corporation : Dynatronics To Release Fiscal Third Quarter Results Tuesday, May 15, 2012

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Contact: Bob Cardon, Dynatronics Corp.

800-874-6251, or 801-568-7000

Dynatronics to Release Fiscal third Quarter Results Tuesday, May 15, 2012; Conference Call set for 3:30 p.m. ET

Salt Lake City, Utah (May 11, 2012) – Dynatronics Corporation (NASDAQ: DYNT) plans to release financial results for its quarter and nine months ended March 31, 2012 during the morning of Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Dynatronics has scheduled a conference call for investors later that day at 3:30 p.m. ET to discuss its results for the quarter and nine month periods. those interested in participating should call (800) 676-3536. Dynatronics manufactures, markets and distributes advanced-technology medical devices, orthopedic soft goods and supplies, treatment tables and rehabilitation equipment for the physical therapy, sports medicine, chiropractic, podiatry, plastic surgery, dermatology and other related medical, cosmetic and aesthetic markets.

Dynatronics Corporation : Dynatronics To Release Fiscal Third Quarter Results Tuesday, May 15, 2012