Stavros Memtsoudis, Hospital for Special Surgery (IMAGE)

Hospital for Special Surgery

Stavros Memtsoudis, Hospital for Special Surgery

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"This study, for the first time, shows that the use of regional anesthesia improves outcomes in patients with sleep apnea undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Although requiring further investigation, there is no reason to think that these results could not be extrapolated to other types of surgery," said Stavros Memtsoudis, M.D., Ph.D., director of Critical Care Services at Hospital for Special Surgery, New York City, who led the study.

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