Notreallyonreddityet OP t1_ir48fuo wrote
Reply to comment by Talkat in Humans operating on humans are still better than robots operating on humans...even when a human is operating the robot. by Notreallyonreddityet
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.
[deleted] t1_ir494ed wrote
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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.
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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