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color reproduction of stan-
dard HD, which means
clearer, sharper images for
your docs.
Marc Safran, MD, an
orthopedic surgeon at
Stanford Health Care in
California and vice presi-
dent of the International
Society of Arthroscopy,
Knee Surgery and
Orthopedic Sports
Medicine, has used the 4K
system at the Stanford
Medicine Outpatient
Center, one of the few facil-
ities currently with the
technology. He says that the
system's improved picture
lets him see more detail
during cases and, in turn, improve his efficiency.
"With 4K, it's an incremental step up," says Dr. Safran. "It definitely increases
the definition and resolution of the joint you're looking at. You can achieve your
goal more easily in surgery because you're seeing things with more detail."
While Arthrex is currently the only commercially available 4K system, other
big-name manufacturers are planning to release their own systems later this
year and in early 2016, says Jeffrey Dugas, MD, of Andrews Sports Medicine and
Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Ala.
But that doesn't mean you have to run out and buy a new, pricey system right
z IMPROVED OUTCOMES Jeffrey Dugas, MD, from the
Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in
Alabama, is one of many surgeons using biologics.
Andrews
Sports
Medicine
and
Orthopaedic
Center
