Device no better than cheaper alternatives for preventing intraoperative awareness

Wednesday, August 17, 2011 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

Anesthesiology researchers have shown that a device approved by the Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk that patients will recall their surgery does not lower the risk of the problem, known as intraoperative awareness, any more than a less expensive method.

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