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AB - Biomedical Safety & Standards Concise, accurate news reports for medical device safety professionals BS&S FEATURE July 1, 2008 Volume 38 Number 12 Neurosurgery With a Hardware-Store Drill Power Tools Go the Distance in Kiev IN THIS ISSUE At first, it sounds like a cable TV “believe-it-or-not” story: Brain surgeon operates successfully with $75 handyman’s drill bought at a local market. Recalls & Field Corrections Cardiovascular Procedure This is not a stunt, though. Legendary British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh Kits; May Fragment ......91 travels from London to Kiev, Ukraine, on a regular basis. There, he saves Enzyme Immunoassay; lives with a basic cordless Bosch drill. False Lower Results ......91 Potentially Contaminated Marsh began his visits to the country as a guest lecturer in 1992, as the Soviet Union was coming apart. He was appalled by conditions in the hospi- Reagents........................91 tals, where patients were grossly misdiagnosed, died from treatable diseases, Knee Instruments; Sizing and faced barriers to care that included massive and immovable bureaucracy. Line Misplaced .............92 He told the Sunday Times, “”It was like being in a horror film. . .It was so Birthing Beds; Brakes awful it didn’t seem real.” May Fail.........................92 Suction/Irrigation Demoralized physicians assured Marsh it would 
TI - Wound Drainage Devices
JF - Biomedical Safety & Standards
DO - 10.1097/01.BMSAS.0000324987.42607.82
DA - 2008-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/wound-drainage-devices-dHNWefQjD0
SP - 96
EP - 96
VL - 38
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -