Precision is the paramount issue in surgical instruments. Traditional surgical forceps often suffer from issues related to physiological hand tremors and the nonlinear relationship between clamping ...

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

A team of Chinese archaeologists has identified residues of aconitine on a pair of iron scissors and surgical forceps ...

Chemical analysis of surgical instruments excavated from a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) tomb in East China has yielded the first ...