From operating theatre to operating studio--visualizing surgery in the age of telemedicine.
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2002-01-25
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We have conducted a telemedicine project between two of Norway s largest hospitals Rikshospitalet and Ullev l Hospital with a focus on image guided surgical and radiological procedures Video was broadcast using a 34 Mbit s ATM network This resulted in changes in the local work practice to accommodate and facilitate the communication It also required changes to the surgeon s tasks to improve communication with remote viewers These changes were not trivial and can be viewed as signs of a shift towards a more public kind of surgery and interventional radiology brought about by new technology