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couple of months ago, I did a spine operation on the
kind of large patient we see increasingly frequently
these days. Only, this patient was even more extreme.
He was a young man who tipped the scales at 470
pounds. In the old days — say, a decade ago — I
wouldn't have bothered to bring a C-arm into the OR. Why waste
everyone's time when you know there's no chance you'll be able to
see the patient's spine?
Is It Time to Replace Your C-arm?
Richard Broderick, MD, FACS, FAANS | Elgin, Ill.
The newest machines represent a phenomenal improvement.
• 10X MAGNIFICATION Some new C-arm technologies that can magnify images up to 10 times let you see extremely small
and subtle findings that you never would have been able to see before.
