Despite advances in surgical education over the years, the number of arms per surgeon has remained constant at 2.0 (+/- 0.01; p < 0.05).
Consequently, the maximum retracting capability of any one person remains limited. 'Stay sutures' can help free up these arms for other uses.
Grateful for the opportunity to give my first-ever and second presentations for at @SGO_org Annual Meeting, one on memory impairment in GYN cancer survivors in the WHI (my fellowship thesis) and… on ChatGPT. #SGOmtg
Me, watching Star Wars: “how could a society that has mastered intergalactic space travel still use such primitive looking monitors?? So unrealistic.”
Me, at work in a US hospital in the year 2024: “hey did they fax over those patient records yet? Let’s call on the landline.”
@LadyInterlocks Was given a list of common instruments in OBGYN and then used Google Images. Never was really told what they did - had to learn that along the way.