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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. I heard... by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 4, Funny

    that the surgeon yelled out "First Incision!"

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  2. Better Picture of Robot in action by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here's a pic of the robot in action. Looks like that gall bladder was pretty big, or the frenchwoman isn't what I'd call "underweight".

    Notice the three large arms sticking in? Gall Bladder surgery is usually arthroscopic. So, long distance surgery does have the drawback of more/bigger scars.

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  3. Re:Tumor != Gall Bladder by fobbman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Overheard in the surgeon's office in New York:

    Doctor: Damn, I was supposed to remove a tumor?

  4. medical transcript... by turbine216 · · Score: 5, Funny
    here's the just-released transcription of the communciations between the surgeon and the patient:



    DOCTOR: how r j00 feeling?

    PATIENT: ok

    DOCTOR: duz this hurt?

    PATIENT: ouch

    DOCTOR: roflmao

    PATIENT: :(

    (PATIENT signed off at 08:36 AM EST)

    DOCTOR: hello?

    DOCTOR: r u there?

    DOCTOR: kewl
    (DOCTOR signed off at 08:38 AM EST)

  5. Re:Ouch by fobbman · · Score: 5, Funny

    A tragedy was narrowly averted when the surgeon was in the middle of an intricate micro-stitching and a casino pop-up ad obstructed his view. Thank goodness a forward-thinking assisting had their hand on the mouse ready to "X" it outta there.