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"All of those innovations have stemmed from developments in the
film and entertainment world," says Dr. Palter, a gynecologist and
obstetrician and the medical and scientific director at Gold Coast IVF
in Woodbury, N.Y. "Medicine very quickly adopts those innovations."
But not before briefly protesting that enough is enough. It was Dr.
Palter who first demonstrated the value of high-definition surgical
imaging, as part of a 2001 project at Yale University. "Everyone who
was using standard definition at the time said there's no reason why
S U R G I C A L V I D E O
How satisfied are you with your
video and storage systems?
Very satisfied 28%
Satisfied 57%
Somewhat unsatisfied 10%
Unsatisfied 6%
What's your greatest challenge with
surgical video and image capture?
Routing 36%
Image quality 20%
Reliability 20%
Storage 13%
Putting it all to good use 12%
Is your video system wireless?
Yes 21%
No 79%
Is surgical video technology advancing
too quickly to keep up with?
Yes 45%
No 55%
SOURCE:
Outpatient Surgery
Magazine Reader Survey, October
2014, n=83
READER PULSE
Surgical Video Survey Results
OBSOLETE? The speed of technology is
likely to make today's impressive OR video
displays seem dated in a few years.
