Originally Posted by drex

I was in the operating room the other day. When we use laparoscopic surgery equipment, we have a main monitor, and secondary monitor that are traditionally called "slave monitors" as their pictures/videos are duplicates of the primary monitor. http://www.laparoscopy.net/safe/safe2.htm


the other day, I was told that the use of that term was offensive.

my response: "I am offended that someone is offended by a technical term describing a piece of equipment. They are forbidden from being in my OR and working my cases, because that is offensive to me."

that ended there.