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Surgery Wish List
Children’s surgery teams seek to constantly improve care, outcomes, and the quality of the healthcare experience. In that pursuit, team members have created a “wish list” of state-of-the-art diagnostic and surgical tools that aren’t in the current year’s budget. If you would like to see a more detailed version of the wish list or donate funds, please contact Keith Bartz, senior gift officer in Children’s foundation, at (651) 220-7205 or keith.bartz@childrensmn.org.
Category
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Amount
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Description
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Diagnostic equipment
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$186,000
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This category includes equipment ranging from a brochoscopy set ($28,000) that examines and treats the airways leading to the lungs to an arthroscopy tower ($130,000) to help examine and treat joint problems.
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Surgical equipment
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$229,000
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This category includes equipment ranging from new stretchers ($10,000 each) to transport surgery patients to a specialized generator ($60,000) which adjusts power levels in response to different thickness of tissue encountered during surgery, thus allowing surgeons to make more consistent, smooth, precise incisions.
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Surgical instruments
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$309,000
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This category includes instruments ranging from a Dermatome ($9,100), which produces very thin slices of skin for use with burn/trauma patients to the Global microscope ($40,000) which is used specifically for ear-nose-throat surgeries.
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TOTAL
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$724,000
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