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French Doctors to Perform Zero-Gravity Surgery

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the like-52-card-pickup-only-more-fun dept.

STFS writes "NewScientistSpace has a story about a team of French doctors who will attempt the worlds first zero-gravity operation on a human aboard an Airbus A300 dubbed "Zero-G". The patient, according to forbes.com, was chosen because of his experience with 'dramatic gravitational shifts' as an avid bungee-jumper. The operation will serve as a test for performing surgery in space."

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  1. Avid bungee-jumper by Karloskar · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bungy-jumped a couple of weeks ago and can't remember experiencing any dramatic changes in gravity. It was pulling me towards the ground for the entire jump.

    1. Re:Avid bungee-jumper by kfg · · Score: 5, Funny

      . . . they're referring to the point when the bungee makes you bounce back upward again. . .

      Oh yeah. That's exactly when I want to have someone lean over me with a scalpel.

      KFG

  2. What kind of surgery? by aussie_a · · Score: 5, Funny

    I sure hope it isn't a vasectomy.

    1. Re:What kind of surgery? by gardyloo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I sure hope it isn't a vasectomy.

            Oh, it's not. At first.

    2. Re:What kind of surgery? by indifferent+children · · Score: 2, Funny
      They're performing a simple surgery, not a barbaric mutilation.

      Hey, when it's your turn to be God, You can tell Your chosen people which parts come off and which parts stay on. Until then, shut up and hold still; this won't hurt a bit.

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  3. And once again. by Spazntwich · · Score: 3, Funny

    Pornography is ahead of the curve on technology use.

  4. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by Deadstick · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the days before general anesthesia, surgeons used to pride themselves on their ability to take out an appendix or a bladder stone in 15-30 seconds...

    rj

  5. Good Grief! by Etherwalk · · Score: 4, Funny

    And we wonder why medical costs are getting so out of hand. =)

    1. Re:Good Grief! by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think we can recoup these costs by strapping a couple of bombs onto the plane and flying it over enemy territory

      We get paid for bombing people? That would explain a lot about US foreign policy.

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  6. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by Dan+Guisinger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did they also pride themselves on the patients survival rate?

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  7. I can imagine after the surgery... by bronzey214 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good news Mr. Brown, we removed the tumor! Followed by, "We're going to have to put you under again because your liver floated away."

  8. Re:Animals first? by Karloskar · · Score: 5, Funny

    0.5 millimetre-wide (.01 inch)

    And this is why space-probes are lost.

  9. I wonder? by DuranDuran · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did anybody else immediately think of that Zero G porn film from a few years ago?

    Like I did?

    I'll get my coat.

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  10. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not sure if I could even tell the difference between a appendix or a bladder stone in 15-30 seconds....woops accidently took out your liver. Not important though, you have two of them.

  11. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by buswolley · · Score: 4, Funny
    You never know...If they fall as fast as did the Maginot Line..

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  12. WARNING by Ruff_ilb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Warning. Your joke has been deemed too sophisticated/intelligent for /. Given your high karma, would you like to:

    1) Insert a less complicated insult about the French, perhaps belittling their manliness?
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    1. Re:WARNING by Esion+Modnar · · Score: 2, Funny
      Warning. Your joke has been deemed too sophisticated/intelligent for /.

      Indeed. Most people here can't spell Manigot.

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  13. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    We replaced your heart with a baked potatoe. You have three seconds to live.

  14. So what? by kayditty · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's not like this is rocket surgery or anything.

  15. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by benplaut · · Score: 2, Funny

    well.. maybe you have two of them, but the rest of us aren't as lucky!

  16. Re:If thats like the Vomit Comet... by MrNaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dan Quayle? Is that you?

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