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Surgical Robot Removes Calgary Woman's Brain Tumor

Posted by timothy on from the and-yes-it-had-permission-to-do-so dept.

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."

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  1. This wasn't there first attempt... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    1. Re:This wasn't there first attempt... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  2. Oblig. by esrobinson · · Score: 4, Funny

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

    1. Re:Oblig. by pcgabe · · Score: 4, Funny

      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

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    2. Re:Oblig. by pcgabe · · Score: 4, Funny

      DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS.

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

      All GLORY to THE brain-SURGEON robot OVERLORDS!

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  3. Easy. Just cutting something out...of the brain. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.
  4. Yeah, but wait until she gets the bill... by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...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?

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  5. Sick bunny by DarkWicked · · Score: 5, Funny

    provided surgeons with the tools needed to successfully remove the egg-shaped tumour.
    That's one SICK easter bunny they have over there.
  6. Re:did they tell her? by sodul · · Score: 5, Funny

    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).