Monday, 12 November 2018

Patient who died during robot surgery had 99% chance of living if human operated

Patient who died during robot surgery had 99% chance of living if human operated

A heart patient who died after a robot performed complicated surgery said the man would have had a “99 per cent” chance of survival if a human had operated. The doctor leading the surgery on Stephen Pettitt, who died after a "catalogue of errors: was not trained enough to use the robot and had only practised using it on a simulator, an inquest heard. In February 2015, the father-of-three, 69, was the first person in the UK to undergo robotic mitral valve surgery.
Read more: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/patient-who-died-during-robot-13560373?source=Snapzu

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