Posted on 10/18/2024 8:09:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
That also means they're inviting Apple to watch (and record) your procedure.
So much for your right to medical privacy.
...as well as using a robot - nicknamed DaVinci - using laparoscopes and monitored on a laptop screen in the case of prostatectomies.
I want my surgeons and pilots to use their eyes.
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Which are what they use to look at the gizmo, which apparently gives an up close image of the area being operated on.
As for pilots...okay.
Five years ago Facebook Oculus was being used as a training device for doctors.
and they can see everything around them as well as videos, charts, readings, camera, the work area.
At $3500 a set, who is surprised?
I'm surprised any surgeon would admit to using them, given the opportunity for a malpractice suit should anything go wrong.
I have seen surgeons many times wearing lights and magnifiers outside of ORs in the surgical area, even while scrubbing in.
Even eyeglasses that surgeons wear are not sterilized pre-op, though cleaning is common.
My only point is that just because the Apple product is not presently amenable to sterilization, which was mentioned, does not mean that it cannot brought into an OR and used on some capacity.
And in the instance described, the hospital also went through other procedures to validate using it.
This type of thing needs done in medicine. The FDA is already way too bossy.
You have a good weekend too!
In August I had a five hour surgery to remove my colon. The surgeon used a robot which left only three 1 1/2 inch incisions on my abdomen. I was told by other doctors that they used to make large gashes which were much harder to deal with during the recovery.
It was elective surgery chosen after 3 1/2 years of constant ulcerative colitis. I was a prisoner in my home since I had to be within 25 steps of a bathroom. My only trips away from home were for doctor visits. Since the surgery I am driving again and I have taken many ventures outside my home.
best wishes. Three visits to the hospital since the last weekend of July 29 days total. Walking with a cane and driving again. Back to “normal”
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