OR time for pain?

[CountingSheep]

Hey guys, quick search on this topic did not bring up pertinent threads on this topic. Wanted to ask - how much time do you guys actually go to the OR to do procedures (i.e. SCS, pumps, etc)? Once a week? Once a month? Never?

I suspect there will be a wide variety of answers, but wanted to get a feel for what is possible out in practice. If you guys do not go to the OR, then may I ask why? Is it due to declining reimbursements? Dec efficacy? Not enough training?

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[unchockey21]

I’ve got in office fluoro and an attached ASC. No reason to go to the big house.

 

[Ducttape]

Do fluoro procedures in ASC.

No interest in doing big cases like the actual implant. Prefer the security of paddle leads, and feel time is better spent in clinic seeing people.

 

[BobBarker]

Once a week, one battery swap or implant.

 

[hyperalgesia]

I go to one rural hospital to do LESIs without sedation in the OR with ARNP, scrub tech, fluoro tech, the works. It's really efficient as you can imagine...