New Tool Aims to Make Surgery Safer by Helping Doctors See Nerves

ENN
Aug 16, 2017, 1:54 pm69 pts
During operations, it can be difficult for surgeons to avoid severing crucial nerves because they look so much like other tissue. A new noninvasive approach that uses polarized light to make nerves stand out from other tissue could help surgeons avoid accidentally injuring nerves or assist them in identifying…

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