Surgical reSOLUTION No. 2
As a doctor, you look after the health of other people every day and carry a great responsibility for the wellbeing of your patients. It’s easy to forget your own health. At Leica Microsystems, we know the importance of ergonomic posture for your achievement potential – and therefore for the success of the operation. This issue tells you what you can do to improve your personal comfort at the microscope.
If an abnormal development puts a foetus at risk, modern surgical techniques can save the life of the child in pregnancy or during birth. We talked to a foetal surgery specialist to find out how useful the head-mounted microscope is for these tricky operations.
Integration has long been a keyword in medical technology. The benefits of integrating microscope images into hospitals’ IT systems are just one example dealt with in this issue.
Topics in Issue No. 2
- Helping Children to be Born Healthy – Foetal Surgery with the Leica HM500
- Body in Balance – Ergonomics Support Performance
- “It’s Easy to Neglect One’s Own Health” – Ergonomics in Ophthalmic Surgery
- Breaking the Sound Barrier in the Head – Cochlea Implants for the Deaf and Severely Hard of Hearing
- Integrating Neurosurgical Images in Patients’ Medical Records – The DICOM Solution
- One Step Ahead in Medical Imaging – High-Definition Platform for Digital Recording and Visualising
- Digital Microscopy Proves its Value – Leica DMD108 in Remote Breast Cancer Diagnosis
- On Course for Success for Over 30 Years – Surgical Microscopy at Leica Microsystems