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Surgeons using magnets to reduce incisions
Improvements in surgical procedures often involve reducing the size and number of incisions. Now, the Vall d’Hebron hospital’s pediatric surgery section is using magnets to reduce the number of incisions needed in its operations. Using a technique for the first time in Spain, surgeons at the hospital have been using magnets to manipulate and move tissues and organs, reducing the need to make incisions. “It is a basic concept but one that is useful,” says one of the hospital’s head surgeons, Carles Giné.
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