Usually when surgeons remove tumor tissue, they try to leave a “margin” of healthy tissue to ensure that all the cancer has been removed. This means that the patient has to remain under anesthetic for another 30 minutes for tests to come back, and may even be subjected to more surgeries.
However, thanks to the iKnife, a one cut surgery may soon be possible. The iKnife sniffs the “smoke” from the electrosurgical removal of cancerous tissue and tells the surgeon immediately if the tissue is cancerous or healthy, making the surgery process that much quicker and safer for the patient.
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