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Accessory light for the surgical microscope.

A L Rhoton
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This report describes a new accessory fiberoptic light for the most widely used surgical microscope. The advantages of this light are that it permits easy sterile draping of the microscope, does not require a special lens cover, can be adjusted to vary the size and location of the field of illumination, and produces minimal interference with the passage of microinstruments into the operative exposure.

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A L Rhoton. 1979. Accessory light for the surgical microscope.. https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-197901000-00015

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