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aparoscopic surgery was a revolutionary idea 30 years ago.
Now surgeons remove gallbladders through a single incision
with instrument-wielding robots. Joint replacement patients
were laid up in hospital beds for days just 5 years ago. Today they're
home in time for dinner. What will be surgery's next game-changing
development? You can help determine it.
We need to give alternative, disruptive technologies a chance to take
hold and fulfill the promise of their potential. You might compare the
cost of adding a new device to the common denominator: the product
or platform it will replace today. That's a fair, but incomplete assess-
ment. Surgical innovation will be tempered if every decision to add
new technology is based on cost alone.
Give New Technologies a Chance
Your willingness to trial new devices will help move surgery forward.
On Point
James Geiger, MD
• FAST FORWARD Invest in the future of care to keep pace with surgery's rapid evolution.