Now that more doors are opening for women who want to be surgeons, it may be time to look at the equipment they are given at the operating table.
A new study finds that some devices commonly used in what was once a male bastion are too big to be comfortable for women.
One of the reportâ??s authors, Dr. Peter Nichol of the University of Wisconsin medical school, said he had gotten the idea for the study while working with a resident and co-author, Dr. Danielle M. Adams.