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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. Since when is a Gall Bladder a Tumor? by Win-Developer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Maybe I'm just dumb or misinformed, but I've never heard a Gall Bladder reffered to as a "Tumor".

    Maybe /. knows more than my high school Bio professor?

  2. In my best Schwarzenegger voice... by Myriad · · Score: 0, Redundant
    It's not a tuuumor!

    Sorry...

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    "They do not preach that their god will rouse them, a little before the Nuts work loose." Kipling, 'The Sons of Martha'