When the most precise dexterity is so critical and means the difference between life or death in surgery, how do patients mid-operation just not instantly get horrendously injured or straight up die during a severe earthquake when they’re getting jostled
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If you’re a surgeon in the middle of an incision (which is the part where you’re most likely to do a lot of damage if you jiggle), you’re going to stop cutting the second you feel something’s amiss. Pulling back only takes a fraction of a second. Plus, it’s *relative motion* between the patient and the blade that causes damage, if the surgeon, scalpel, and patient all wiggle together you don’t get as much motion as you might think.
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