Friday, November 08, 2002

Tampabay: Patient dies in robot-aided surgery
An experienced doctor looking at a three-dimensional computer screen manipulated a robot with three mechanical arms used to cut blood vessels and remove a cancerous kidney from Al Greenway, Plant High School teacher.
The procedure is considered less invasive than traditional surgery and is supposed to decrease a patient's bleeding, pain and recovery time.
But something went terribly wrong.

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