Pocket-Sized #1024: “Surgery Grapefruit”

In this Pocket-Sized episode #1024, Marc Abrahams shows an unfamiliar research study to Chris Cotsapas. Dramatic readings and reactions ensue.

The research mentioned in this episode is featured in the Important Research issue (Vol. 25, #5) of the Annals of Improbable Research Magazine.

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1. Chris Cotsapas encounters:

“The Grapefruit: An Alternative Arthroscopic Tool Skill Platform,” David A. Molho, Stephen M. Sylvia, Daniel L. Schwartz, Sara L. Merwin, and I. Martin Levy, Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery, vol. 33, no. 8, 2017, pp. 1567-1572.

Seth Gliksman, Production Assistant

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BONUS (quasi-related): A new study reports that “Shells and grapefruits inspire first manufactured non-cuttable material“. (Thanks to Neil Judell for bringing it to our attention.)