How may rhinoplasties / surgeries do you perform on average per day? How do you ensure each patient gets their due attention. I am afraid that surgeons who perform more than 2 surgeries may just be running from one patient to another and may not be able to customize the surgery to each patients needs. Am I overthinking it?
October 10, 2022
Answer: How many rhinoplasties can a surgeon perform on the same day with proper attention to each? How many rhinoplasties can a surgeon perform on the same day with proper attention to each? The answer depends on the experience of the surgeon, how long it takes him to do a rhinoplasty, the difficulty of the cases he is doing, and the technique he is using. When I first began performing rhinoplasty‘s it took me over three hours to perform a simple rhinoplasty. that’s not because I was taking my time and paying close attention, but because I was inexperienced. It now takes me less than half the time to do a straight forward rhinoplasty, taking my time and not rushing. So I usually perform four rhinoplasties on a given day,and have all the time I need to speak to the patient prior to surgery and confirm the goals which were previously set and perform the surgery without any rush or concern about the schedule. However in some cases patients may have crooked noses, deviated septum, or other Anomalies which take more time. If I have several of that kind of case I usually leave two or 2 1/2 hours each, and will only do a maximum of three in a day and sometimes only two if they are extremely difficult cases. Some surgeons use closed rhinoplasty such as myself which takes a little less time than open , So that is a factor as well. A surgeon performing open septoRhinoplasty in a complex patient may only do two on a given day. but a surgeon performing closed straightforward rhinoplasty could easily do four on a given day if he is very experienced and spend all the time that is necessary to give each patient the time necessary to achieve the optimal result.
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October 10, 2022
Answer: How many rhinoplasties can a surgeon perform on the same day with proper attention to each? How many rhinoplasties can a surgeon perform on the same day with proper attention to each? The answer depends on the experience of the surgeon, how long it takes him to do a rhinoplasty, the difficulty of the cases he is doing, and the technique he is using. When I first began performing rhinoplasty‘s it took me over three hours to perform a simple rhinoplasty. that’s not because I was taking my time and paying close attention, but because I was inexperienced. It now takes me less than half the time to do a straight forward rhinoplasty, taking my time and not rushing. So I usually perform four rhinoplasties on a given day,and have all the time I need to speak to the patient prior to surgery and confirm the goals which were previously set and perform the surgery without any rush or concern about the schedule. However in some cases patients may have crooked noses, deviated septum, or other Anomalies which take more time. If I have several of that kind of case I usually leave two or 2 1/2 hours each, and will only do a maximum of three in a day and sometimes only two if they are extremely difficult cases. Some surgeons use closed rhinoplasty such as myself which takes a little less time than open , So that is a factor as well. A surgeon performing open septoRhinoplasty in a complex patient may only do two on a given day. but a surgeon performing closed straightforward rhinoplasty could easily do four on a given day if he is very experienced and spend all the time that is necessary to give each patient the time necessary to achieve the optimal result.
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September 28, 2022
Answer: How may rhinoplasties / surgeries do you perform on average per day? WOW! You figured it out! Any nasal surgery takes at least 2-3 hours with turn over of operating room add another 30 minutes. So if the surgeon has 2 separate operating rooms they can maybe do 4 - 6 rhinos a day but that is stretching it. I think 2 or 3 per day is acceptable, but I am old school. Be careful out there.....
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September 28, 2022
Answer: How may rhinoplasties / surgeries do you perform on average per day? WOW! You figured it out! Any nasal surgery takes at least 2-3 hours with turn over of operating room add another 30 minutes. So if the surgeon has 2 separate operating rooms they can maybe do 4 - 6 rhinos a day but that is stretching it. I think 2 or 3 per day is acceptable, but I am old school. Be careful out there.....
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