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Bloodless Surgery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the walk-it-off dept.

isaacbowman writes "Dr. Charles Bridges, a Pennsylvania Hospital cardiologist, says says regarding new bloodless surgery options - "Among the benefits are reductions in recovery time, hospital stay, cost and complications -- as well as an estimated $20,000 in savings per patient." Advances in medicine have made this possible and Dr. Bridges also says, "There's no downside to it that we can see, and there's certainly no downside that's been documented." Dr. Patricia Ford, director of Pennsylvania Hospital's Center for Bloodless Medicine & Surgery, further states, why blood transfusions are dangerous, saying that they are "like getting a transplant; they can be risky and should be a last resort.""

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  1. I'll bet by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 2, Funny

    $20,000 in savings per patient

    That dull roar you just heard outside was the US's entire population of medical residents placing a revolver in their mouth and pulling the trigger.

    1. Re:I'll bet by the_humeister · · Score: 4, Funny
      That dull roar you just heard outside was the US's entire population of medical residents placing a revolver in their mouth and pulling the trigger.


      And there goes the $20,000 savings per patient...
    2. Re:I'll bet by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 3, Funny

      Feyr, I'm sorry to tell you this, you must have died 3 years ago and they are just tapering off your payments.

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  2. Re:Bloodless Surgery? by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

    How do you cut open someone's chest to fix a heart valve without there being blood?

    Vampires.

    KFG

  3. stalone predicts the future... again by TheMadWeaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    after bloodless surgery comes fluidless sex.

  4. Isn't that just surgery by SensitiveMale · · Score: 3, Funny

    on a lawyer?

  5. Re:Interesting tech by Frogbert · · Score: 3, Funny

    Basically the scalpel consists of a handle, an on/off switch aka. an Activation Matrix, a blade arc tip and a stabilizing ring. By directing energy through crystals stored in the handle of the scalpel an arc wave energy field is formed as the blade. This extremely powerful "light" scalpel cauterizes wounds as it cuts. However it must be noted that to use this tool a surgeon must be well endowed in the "force"

  6. Re:Driving force for bloodless surgery by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Hey, do you think that between clutching to stone-age beliefs

    Another example of typical ignorant prejudice. They're not stone-age beliefs, they're bronze-age beliefs.

  7. Obligatory(?) Merchant of Venice reference by morie · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is bad news for Antonio, and Shylock will be quite pleased.

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  8. Re:"Harmonic" Scalpels by pla · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Minimal smoke for improved visibility in the surgical field"

    Although I can see how reduced loss of blood can help recovery, I have to question how well the cut parts stick back together when they advertise "minimal smoke" as a selling-point.

    "Hey Jonsey, can you clamp this over here... Yeah, thanks. Aww yeah... Do you smell what the doc is cookin'? Anyone up for a trip to Chick-n'-Pig after we finish here?"