No, no, nooooo, Bob! Ya don't have this down correctly. YOUR magnets stay on your fridge and the SURGEON'S magnets are removed from HIS fridge for pallidotomies! Soooo it's the surgeon who's gotta run around buying up appropriate magnets that will be bot decorative AND pallidotomy-related, or he'll end up with "Naked fridge syndrome." <grin> I hope this has relieved your anxiety about ending up with a naked fridge! Barb Mallut (whose fridge is decorated with lotsa magnets!) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: bobc <[log in to unmask]> To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 4:35 AM Subject: HUMOR? Re: Magnets Used in Brain Surgery >Boy, you talk about a problem, if I have to use my magnets for my >pallidotomy, what in the world will my refrigerator look like, NAKED?? >:-) > >Barb_MSN wrote: > >> The following sounds like it'd be a "natural" to make a pallidotomy >> even safer then it already is... >> >> Barb Mallut >> [log in to unmask] >> >> NEW YORK, Dec 22 (Reuters Health) -- Magnets may soon help >> neurosurgeons perform delicate operations on the brain with less risk >> of complications. >> > >Bob Chapman 65/4 >