Thornhill would always choose a smart field operative willing to risk his or her life over the best hardware money could buy.

Each member of the surgical team is intent as the surgeons work through the small, brightly-lit operative field.

The patient had been partially decompressed so that the operative field could be worked more effectively.

It takes time to deploy a whole sector sub fleet over the operative field.

The camera and lights were positioned within three to four feet of the operative field, yet did not interfere with the surgical team.

Stark's eyes were wildly dancing from the clock to the door, then back to the operative field.

It had become difficult to hold instruments, virtually impossible to guide them accurately, and his hands were actually pushed away from the operative field.

A lot depends on the approach and the behaviour of the operative field in our industry.

"Even with surgical enlargement of the wound," he said carefully, "access to the operative field will be restricted."

And that was not the only problem, because, deep inside the operative field, the light sources on the instruments were likewise obscured.