Surgical Robot Removes Calgary Woman's Brain Tumor

Raver32 points out an article in the Victoria Times Colonist about an interesting advance in robotic surgery: "Calgary doctors have made surgical history, using a robot to remove a brain tumor from a 21-year-old woman. Doctors used remote controls and an imaging screen, similar to a video game, to guide the two-armed robot through Paige Nickason's brain during the nine-hour surgery Monday. Surgical instruments acting as the hands of the robot — called NeuroArm — provided surgeons with the tools needed to successfully remove the egg-shaped tumor."

Comments

This wasn't there first attempt...

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's just say the zombie brain surgeon didn't work out as well.

Re:This wasn't there first attempt...

[Anonymous Coward]

My RSS feed in Firefox only goes as far as 'Surgical Robot Removes Calgary Woman's Brain'. I thought the revolution had come.

Re:did they tell her?

[peipas]

I dig. If I accidentally bought a bottle of wine whose grapes were mechanically squeezed I'd still rather assume a half dozen feet did the job.

Oblig.

[esrobinson]

I, for one, welcome our new brain surgeon robot overlords.

Re:Oblig.

[pcgabe]

No! No! We must fight them! Brain surgeon robot overlords? Are you MAD? They could... they could re-program our VERY MINDS!

This is TOO FAR! We =must= take a stand! This far, no further!

In fact, I'm going to go give these overlords a piece of my mind in person! BRB

Re:Oblig.

[pcgabe]

DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS.

I, too, WELCOME our BRAIN-surgeon ROBOT overlords.

All GLORY to THE brain-SURGEON robot OVERLORDS!

Re:Oblig.

[mikael]

When my step-father was in hospital from a amoebic infection of the blood stream, he once called home, still a bit woozy and told us, "The doctors have removed my brain, they told me I don't need it any more". The doctor went on the line and explained he meant drain.

Victoria Times Colonist

[Anonymous Coward]

Colonist, now theres an interesting line of work....

Easy. Just cutting something out...of the brain.

[Anonymous Coward]

But some of them like removing a brain tumor where its a procedure that you just need to cut something out... Yeah, it's not brain surgery. I mean.. it's not rocket science.

Yeah, but wait until she gets the bill...

[Jafafa Hots]

...oh yeah, I forgot... it's Canada.

Sure, she gets a free, first-ever, tumor removing robot surgery for free... but she probably had to wait for it, right Rush?

Sick bunny

[DarkWicked]

provided surgeons with the tools needed to successfully remove the egg-shaped tumour.

That's one SICK easter bunny they have over there.

See?

[Godji]

Doctors used remote controls and an imaging screen, similar to a video game, to guide the two-armed robot through Paige Nickason's brain See, Jack Thompson was right all along. COMPUTER GAMES CAN MESS WITH YOUR BRAIN!!!

(The captcha for this post happens to be "lawful". COINCIDENCE?! I think not!)

Re:did they tell her?

[sodul]

I remember a video on the french news (maybe 15 years ago) about wine making: there was a guy *totally* naked (it's french TV it was not censored) jumping into the grapes to squeeze them. I don't know if the idea was to not get his underwear stained or if the 'all natural' method.

Needless to say I'm a beer drinker (belgian beers).

Similar to a video game?

[Extremus]

"GAME OVER! You killed the patient! Press START to continue."

Video games for Doctors

[lewko]

Doctors used remote controls and an imaging screen, similar to a video game

Doctor: Dammnit nurse! Guide me over to the Health bonus

Nurse: There's no time Doctor! We're losing the patient.

Doctor: Okay. We have to cheat death. Press up-up-left-left-up-up-down-select.

Nurse: It's working! The patient has full health!

Doctor: Tumour P3wnd!