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Canadian Surgeons Perform Telerobotic Surgery

Posted by chrisd on from the brave-patients-chart-the-course dept.

AndroidCat writes "While the equipment used isn't new, this operation was different because one of surgeons was 400km away. Dr. Mehran Anvari in Hamilton Ontario tele-operated instruments in North Bay General Hospital, supervised by Dr. Craig McKinley on site. The link was over a high priority routed Bell Canada connection. The patient, Ms. Fortier is doing quite well. Don't try this from home with a dialup connection."

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  1. Lazy? by djupedal · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    More like he'd been slammed for malpractice at some point in the past, and they wouldn't let him in the country...he had to dail ld

    Don't worry about it happening on a regular basis tho...by the time tele-surgery gains momentum, it will be fully robotic and 99% non-invasive.

  2. Confidential by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You are not supposed to publish the patient's name.

    Medical treatment is confidential, even over Internet links

  3. Re:OMFG yu0 r teh FUNNIE!!!1!!1!one by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    LOL

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  4. Re:I had this done by tommten · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    getting drugged on the bar and waking up with a boob job doesn't count :p

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