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AUGUST 16, 2018

In the OR, a Cell Phone Attached to the Hip Is the Norm

But Is Technology at Your Fingertips a Benefit or an Unethical Distraction?

The surgeon dipped her shoulders and tapped her feet in time to the music. Singing along to the song, she swung her arms and gesticulated with a scalpel, just inches above her unconscious patient lying on the operating table. Windell Davis Boutté, MD, a cosmetic surgeon and dermatologist in private practice in Georgia, posted this video and many more like it on YouTube, although they’ve now been removed (http://bit.ly/?2Ixu3Jz). Each one shows a surgery full