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emember how you felt the first time you saw high-definition TV?
How you knew you'd never be able to happily settle for your
grainy tube set again? If you haven't seen 4K ultra high-defini-
tion yet, get ready for that same sensation.
"When people enter the room and see it, everybody's amazed," says Miroslav
Uchal, MD, FACS, FASMBS, chief of bariatric surgery at St Vincent's Medical
Center in Jacksonville, Fla., who recently trialed a new 4K system for the first
time. "They're like, what is this? It's like a big wall with a perfect image."
Still on the fence about adding 4K to your ORs? "You don't really know what
4K Lights Up the OR
Jim Burger
Associate Editor
Will dramatically sharper detail lead to safer surgeries and better outcomes?
• SIGHT TO BEHOLD Vessels and other structures can be seen much more clearly with 4K technology.
Timothy
Sheehan
