A STEADY hand is vital for surgeons performing intricate operations on
fragile tissues. To minimise tremors, many microsurgeons steer clear of alcohol
the night before and avoid coffee on the day of surgery. Some even use
beta-blockers to steady themselves. But scientists in Pittsburgh think they have
a better solution.
Hand tremors are normal and most of us don’t notice them. But they can hamper
surgeons operating on tiny, delicate tissues, such as blood vessels on the
retina. “Just sometimes you find yourself with a bit of a tremor and if you
start focusing on it, it makes it worse,”…
