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Monster Essays - Medicine: "Microsurgery: Sew Small"
Medicine: "Microsurgery: Sew Small"
A man came into the emergency ward at one o'clock. His thumb came in an
hour later. The surgeon's job: get them back together.
The successful re-attaching of fingers to hand requires long hours of
painstaking work in microsurgery. In the operating room , the surgeon
doesn't stand, but sits in a chair that supports her body. Her arm is
cradled by a pillow. Scalpels are present as are other standard surgical
tools, but the suture threads are almost invisible, the needle thinner
than a human hair. And all the surgical activity revolves around the
most important instument, the microscope.
The surgeon will ....
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