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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. 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?

  2. 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)

  3. 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.