This paper provides a review of recent operational research on operating room planning
and scheduling. We evaluate the literature on multiple fields that are related to either the …

Operating theatre represents one of the most critical and expensive hospital resources since
a high percentage of the hospital admissions is due to surgical interventions. The main …

The allocation of surgeries to operating rooms (ORs) is a challenging combinatorial
optimization problem. There is also significant uncertainty in the duration of surgical …

This paper reviews the general problem of surgical scheduling. We organize the literature
based on the time frame or planning horizon of the schedule into six categories: capacity …

In 2007, total health-care spending in the United States reached US $2. 3 trillion, and
continues to rise at the fastest rate in US history. The design and implementation of better …

BACKGROUND: The recovery profile of an ideal anesthetic or technique would be fast (eg,
mean of 5 min from end of surgery to extubation) with little variability (eg, always 4–7 min) …

We performed a narrative review to explore the economics of daily operating room
management decisions for ambulatory surgery centers following resolution of the acute …

Background The authors compared the safety and efficacy of a newly developed fast-track
concept at their center, including implementation of a direct admission postanesthetic care …

BACKGROUND: Gains in operating room (OR) scheduling may be obtained by using
accurate statistical models to predict surgical and procedure times. The 3 main contributions …

Cancellation of scheduled surgery is undesirable for patients and an inefficient use of
resources. We prospectively collected data for 52 consecutive months in a public general …