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Medical Building on Highway 9

Outpatient surgery eliminates inpatient hospital admission

"Outpatient surgery eliminates inpatient hospital admission, reduces the amount of medication prescribed, and uses a doctor's time more efficiently. More procedures are now being performed in a surgeon's office, termed office-based surgery, rather than in an operating room."

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