Numbers below reflect only those nerve blocks done at Shands at the University of Florida. Blocks performed at the Florida Surgical Center (FSC) , Alachua General Hospital (AGH), or for consult are not included. FSC only caters foir ambulatory surgery and ans approximately 100 block, of which approximately 10 – 15% are continuous blocks are done here per month. At AGH we do mainly joint replacement surgery and thoracic surgery. This is an inpatient facility wher approximately 100 blocks are done per month, of which 99% are continuous nerve blocks. Patients scheduled for major upper limb surgery at both FSC and AGH are on our home care (ambulatory) continuous nerve block program. This includes shoulder and elbow arthroplasty. We expect to do approximately 6,000 blocks at all three facilities (SUF, AGH and FSC) during 2009.
2005 Blocks performed: 1443
2006 Blocks performed: 1476
2007 Blocks performed: 1843
2008 Blocks performed: 2686
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