
the surgeons advantage
are you wondering
what's an Assistant Surgeon?

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Clamping and cauterizing tissue and blood vessels to minimize blood loss
Re-checking your records to be sure all necessary precautions have been taken.
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Retracting
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Identifying and protecting vital structures and organs
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Irrigating
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Suctioning
Coordinating with a multidisciplinary team of professionals to ensure the appropriate equipment, instrumentation, medications, and implants are available based on your Physicians preferences.
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Suturing
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Stabilizing fractures and fragile tissue
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Monitoring the continued sterility of the operative field
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Often times, the primary Surgeon delegates the closure of surgical incisions to the Assistant.
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If drains are to be left in place they will be secured at this time.
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In addition, the assistant will apply any needed wound vacs, dressings, splints, casts, braces, or binders.
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Before leaving the operating room, the assistant will reassess your condition to ensure you are stable for transport.
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Some licensed assistants may write post operative orders, make rounds to visit with you the days following your procedure, and even discharge you on behalf of your primary Surgeon.