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patient safety, provide adequate pain control, and reduce overall hospital length of stay (LOS) in these enhanced recovery protocols depends primarily on optimal anesthesia and analgesia

control. Discharge plan Planning for discharge from the ambulatory surgery center or hospital begins in the preoperative period, because anticipating patients’ needs ahead of time saves consternation later. For example, preoperative arrangement of durable medical equipment delivery and postoperative PT (either home-based

control group. So in correctly selected patients, the ability to use CR implants is not precluded.113 For the valgus knee, the medial parapatellar or, rarely, the lateral parapatellar approach can be considered. A medial parapatellar approach is the more commonly performed approach and will

analgesia, 98–100, 98t Boston Medical Center (BMC) VTE score calculation and, 81t Caprini risk assessment model, 80t outpatient, 301–302 patient access to, 303–305 dual eligibility status, 305f, 305 limitations, 303 patient selection in, 302–303 access to care

controlled trial by Gueugnon et al. demonstrated benefits in improvement of pain, function, and quality of life over 1 year for patients with medial knee OA who used a custom unloader brace.41 When comparing insoles, lateral wedge insoles were shown to decrease the intake