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A Comparison of Surgical Tool Materials

Trocar Supplies

Today's high-quality surgical tools are available in such a tremendous variety of surgical tool materials that it can be hard to decide which material is best for everyday use. State of the art surgical instrument materials include surgical grade stainless steel, resin, titanium, tungsten, and carbon steel.

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The Technological Future of Surgery in Operating Rooms

BFW Inc.

As an example, surgeons can make accurate hand movements within five microns (about 1 ten-thousandth of an inch) using optical coherence tomography (an ultrasound-like technology that uses light) for intricate surgeries – allowing for minimally invasive surgical procedures that are safer and reduce recovery time for patients.

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WHAT ANESTHESIOLOGISTS DO… AN EXAMPLE ANESTHETIC

The Anesthesia Consultant

IN THE OPERATING ROOM: Mr. Doe will be asleep for the surgery, and Dr. A will be present the entire time. The operating room nurse presses down on Mr. Doe’s cricoid cartilage in his neck, to compress the esophagus and prevent any stomach contents from regurgitating upward into the airway.