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Enhanced recovery after surgery is a multimodal, evidence-based perioperative care pathway designed to improve recovery for patients undergoing major surgery. ERAS elements address factors that have historically extended a patient's hospital stay, including the need for parenteral analgesia and intravenous…

Awake spine surgery is an approach to procedures that uses a local anesthetic to let surgeons examine a patient's neurologic condition during surgery, rather than general anesthesia, which involves intubation.

Orthopedic trauma surgeon Philip Stahel, MD, will be chief medical officer of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, ABC affiliate WLOS reported Feb. 26.

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