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Advanced Technology in the Operating Room

Advanced Technology in the Operating Room 3216-08_JA240607_Sinanan.qxd 11/18/05 3:33 PM Page 350 Advanced Technology in the Operating Room Science Fiction Evolving Into Science Fact—Part 2 Mika Sinanan, PhD, MD, and Jed Kaufman, MD n part 1 of this article, the authors conveyed a identical spinal cord, are promised or in early pro- vision of surgical care in the future. This vision totype. All seem quite feasible and will eventually Iemphasized the role of technology in enhancing be deployed. It is only a matter of time, focus, and and extending the human skills of the surgical resources. In many ways, the current evolution we team and offering the patient a wider range of have experienced in surgery is about to become a options. Advances in many fields have been and revolution. will continue to be necessary to make this vision a Surgery began, as so many innovations have reality, but it is important to recognize that this is developed, in response to specific needs. Barbers an evolutionary process with remarkable advances “moonlighted” as surgeons and used their barber- already achieved and the “vision” firmly grounded ing instruments in bloodletting, a traditional inter- on a legacy of innovation that extends back more vention for all manner of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription Wolters Kluwer Health

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3216-08_JA240607_Sinanan.qxd 11/18/05 3:33 PM Page 350 Advanced Technology in the Operating Room Science Fiction Evolving Into Science Fact—Part 2 Mika Sinanan, PhD, MD, and Jed Kaufman, MD n part 1 of this article, the authors conveyed a identical spinal cord, are promised or in early pro- vision of surgical care in the future. This vision totype. All seem quite feasible and will eventually Iemphasized the role of technology in enhancing be deployed. It is only a matter of time, focus, and and extending the human skills of the surgical resources. In many ways, the current evolution we team and offering the patient a wider range of have experienced in surgery is about to become a options. Advances in many fields have been and revolution. will continue to be necessary to make this vision a Surgery began, as so many innovations have reality, but it is important to recognize that this is developed, in response to specific needs. Barbers an evolutionary process with remarkable advances “moonlighted” as surgeons and used their barber- already achieved and the “vision” firmly grounded ing instruments in bloodletting, a traditional inter- on a legacy of innovation that extends back more vention for all manner of

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Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription – Wolters Kluwer Health

Published: Dec 1, 2005

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