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Talkat t1_ir3zuo5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Humans operating on humans are still better than robots operating on humans...even when a human is operating the robot. by Notreallyonreddityet

Yah I just had robot surgery. 1000÷ preferred over human surgery

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Notreallyonreddityet OP t1_ir48fuo wrote

Very cool. Curious if you would share why? I haven't had much surgery, and all of mine were done by humans with terrific outcomes.

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Talkat t1_ir50bra wrote

Sure. Stage 3 colorectal cancer. Had to remove the tumor, 19 lymph nodes, and a section of my colon. They had 2 surgeons operating on me.

Had a few incisions from up top which are super small and a larger one lower down.

Recovery was quick (like 6 days in the ward) but I had made sure I was in top shape before I went in.

So that is why I had surgery. Why I prefer robot?

Well the incisions were very small (like 2cm) and healed very quickly. There were like 4 of them I think?

I'm not an expert but I think it also gives them finer control and they have multiple hands so they can do multiple things are once.

Plus I like robots so thats just a bonus.

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Oldtimerowcoach t1_ira91rv wrote

So you preferred the robot because it had the same sized incisions as a human doing laparoscopic surgery?

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