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Endoscopic balloon sinoplasty is a surgical procedure that treats blocked nasal sinuses using a small, flexible balloon catheter to enlarge sinus pathways and restore normal sinus drainage without damaging the sinus lining. A relatively new procedure for surgery centers, balloon…

Don't worry if holiday cheer kept you from browsing the Becker's ASC Review website last week — here's a round-up of the most interesting stories on the ASC industry from the last seven days.

Low reimbursement, low volume, increasing physician employment, increasing regulatory requirements, increasing staff shortages, increasing market saturation: These are only a few of the issues affecting ambulatory surgery centers at the moment. While ASCs are still able to provide high-quality care…

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Here are nine benchmarking statistics about case volume in ambulatory surgery centers from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. These figures come from the aggregated statistical analysis section of the report that represents data from all of the participants in…

Here are 15 benchmarking statistics about staff in ambulatory surgery centers, broken down by average (statistical mean) salary and wages, hours per case and number of full-time employees, from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011. These figures come from the…

Alcon's LenSx femtosecond laser may be the most significant piece of technology to impact cataract surgery in recent years, allowing surgeons to correct astigmatism in cataract patients by creating precise incisions before the patient enters the operating room. While the…

This is part of a series on the five ambulatory surgery center specialties to watch in 2012. The five specialties are gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic and spine, pain management and urology. These specialties have a favorable outlook in terms of case…

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