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Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:940-941. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.111
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Saved By the Video: Added Value of Recording Surgical Procedures on Video

Johann Andreas Hoschtitzky, MSc, FRCSEd-CTh*, Dipesh B. Trivedi, MCh, Martin J. Elliott, FRCS

Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, United Kingdom

Accepted for publication July 11, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Dr Hoschtitzky, Cardiothoracic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond St, London, WC1N 3JH, United Kingdom (Email: ahoschtitzky{at}yahoo.com).

Intraoperative imaging has immense value for teaching and training surgeons by providing part of a future digital medical record of the patient and supportive evidence of good practice and an open attitude to patient safety. We report a case in which intraoperative video recording of an operation allowed us, after an incorrect count, to confidently assert that there was no equipment left behind in the patient.






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