Mostly surgeons don’t perform surgeries alone.Both the physician and athlete completely rely on the skilled team to create an favorable environment to work properly in order to do successful surgery.Anesthesia, registered nurses and scrub surgical technologist are the part of the team and highly trained to provide support to the surgical team during procedures. Scrub […]

State investigators slammed NYU Langone Medical Center for lapses in safety procedures and communications that resulted in an operating-room fire while a patient was undergoing surgery, The Post has learned. Probers cited a “communications failure between the surgeon and anesthesiologist,” who wasn’t aware a certain instrument would be used “in the presence of oxygen,” according […]