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Mixed Reality Assisted Radical Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
Published on: January 31, 2025
Improving the ward-based care of patients post-thyroidectomy
Sridhayan Mahalingam1, Rachit Singhal2, Sridhayani Mugilan3
1Ear, Nose and Throat Registrar in the Department of Otolaryngology, East Surrey Hospital, Redhill, Surrey.
Abstract:
Nursing staff play a crucial role in managing surgical patients in the postoperative period. However, with an increasing risk of subspecialty wards facing closure as a result of financial pressures within the NHS, the knowledge base and expertise of ward-based nursing staff of surgical subspecialties is becoming increasingly limited. Using patients undergoing thyroidectomy as an example, a quality improvement multidisciplinary audit is presented, which shows how simple targeted interventions through a multidisciplinary approach can help maintain high standards of patient care in a secondary care setting.
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