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image the rest of the surgical team
sees. "It's an incredibly facilitative tool
for teaching and for safety in teaching
with any kind of surgery," he says, "and
it facilitates teamwork in the OR,
because everybody present can clearly
see better. They have a more complete
understanding of what's going on."
The ability to transmit images cap-
tured during surgery to monitors
across the room or down the hall is a
game-changer in video management. A
wireless router can help display those
additional images without creating a
tangle of cords or other hassles.
"Without that capability, every time
you want to unplug and move the mon-
itor, there are these tiny prongs you
have to unplug, and every time you do,
they bend a little bit and you have to
try to bend them back," says David
Renton, MD, MPH, an assistant profes-
sor of surgery at Ohio State
University's Center for Minimally
Invasive Surgery in Columbus. "With
the wireless router, the chip is in a sep-
arate box. You just plug in the power
cord and it syncs through Bluetooth.
Plus, you save time and you're not hav-
ing to run carts or other equipment
