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  • 1.  Surgical smoke evacuator

    Posted 10-31-2024 14:56

    Do any members have a strong vendor recommendation for any of the following:

    smoke evacautors?

    pneumo boot machines for the OR?

    Surgical instruments black and black vs. micrins vs assi?

    Light box for lighted retractors?

    Pacu monitors?



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    Pramit Malhotra MD
    Ann Arbor Plastic Surgery
    Ann Arbor MI
    734-913-5100
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  • 2.  RE: Surgical smoke evacuator

    Posted 12-17-2024 09:50

    For the pneumo boots i assume you mean DVT prophylaxis?  We previously used the standard OR devices which were plug-in.  Now we use VenoPro SCD's which are battery operated.  They  are rechargible so we keep it charged between patients.  It is much less cumbersome in the OR not having cords and tubings.  Also, for my DVT at risks patients, particularly with Abdominoplasties, I give them to the patient to use at home and keep.  They are instructed to  use them continuously even when ambulating (battery operated/no cords) except when showering.  Once they are more ambulatory, usually after 7-10 days minimum, they can stop using them, but many of the patients tell me they like the massage feel so they use them longer.  



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    Samuel Shatkin MD
    Practice, Samuel Shatkin Jr, MD
    Buffalo NY
    716-839-1700
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