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Archive > July, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 7

Product News

Finding Your Way With Image-guided Systems

Marlene Brunswick, RN, CNOR

Marlene Brunswick, RN, CNOR At our recent vendor fair, tops on our shopping list was an image-guided surgery system. We only needed the system for ENT sinus cases, which greatly simplified the selection process - it's easier to please two doctors than a group of mixed-specialty surgeons. Even then, we had a hard time deciding between three machines. Here are the lessons we learned in shopping for our navigated ENT system.

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