Smooth Operators

A state-of-the art, experimental operating room at Massachusetts General Hospital could change the way surgeons and nurses care for us before, during, and after we go under the knife.

By Daniel McGinn

August 15, 2004

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By the standards of a major urban hospital, the events taking place inside Operating Room 30 at Massachusetts General Hospital do not constitute a crisis. It's just after 9 a.m. on a rainy spring day, and vital signs are not plunging. No alarms are sounding. In fact, more than an hour after the day's first operation was scheduled to begin, ... (Full Article: 2810 Words)