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Gall Bladder Removed In France By Doctor In New York

Posted by timothy on from the wait-till-it-hits-dentistry dept.

cybaea writes: "In this article, the BBC reports on the first successful major telesurgical operation. Doctors in the United States removed a gall bladder from a patient in eastern France by remotely operating a surgical robot arm." Note that this was using a "high speed optical link," not competing with email, viruses, or other things being sent on the Internet. Update: 09/19 17:05 PM GMT by T : Uh, that's "gall bladder," not "tumor." From this distance they look the same to me.

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  1. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp!~

  2. porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does this mean we can finally have interactive porn?

    1. Re:porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      We already have it. It costs a fair amount of $$$, but it is there.

  3. Neither tumor nor gall bladder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ..I think in this instance it's called a GAUL bladder.

  4. Re:The next major telesurgical operation... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please re-read the directions. Windows XP isn't administered orally!
    Here's a diagram of a patient preparing for treatment.

  5. Why did they do this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I guess French doctors don't know how to remove a gall bladder.