So Frustrated, Please Read, Need Advice?

[DianaCox]

It's just a surgical tool. Some use them, some don't.

My daughter was supposed to have endometriosis surgery with a Da Vinci robot last year by THE top laparoscopy specialist in the field. Just before surgery, when the anesthesiologist came in to talk to her/us, I mentioned that my father had a hyperthermic reaction to anesthesia years ago - that set things into panic mode, because familial malignant hyperthermia is a potentially fatal condition, and they needed to use a different form of anesthesia, and completely clean out the lines in the OR - and the fallout from THAT was that the surgery was delayed about an hour and the Da Vinci robot was no longer available. But the surgeon's assistant confided in us that this top surgeon was better freehand than with the robot anyway, but (this may have been wink wink) they are kind of pushed to use it to pay it off.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_hyperthermia

 

[robs477]

Whip ass it is.

Once you have found a doctor you trust are you going to inspect all of his tools for the brand names? I mean...at this point, you may just have to trust that he isn't using the Harbor Freight knock-off version of everything.

And...DaVinci is the brand that many, many surgeons brag (in their advertising) about using.

ETA...And a DaVinci costs $1.5-2.0 million. I'm not sure about the Harbor Freight version...lol

Somehow Spiky I new you would be the one to bring in a can of WA . I'm an EE by trade, so the nerd in me thought the robot was really cool. But, on the morning of my surgery, I am going to do this....I'm bringing in 6 of those giant Hershey's Chocolate Kisses for the surgical team (a little sucking up never hurts) and a bag of micro-chips and a can of WD-40 for the Robot

 

[southernlady]

I know Dr. Sudan at Duke routinely uses the DaVinci robot.

 

[more2adore]

Somehow Spiky I new you would be the one to bring in a can of WA . I'm an EE by trade, so the nerd in me thought the robot was really cool. But, on the morning of my surgery, I am going to do this....I'm bringing in 6 of those giant Hershey's Chocolate Kisses for the surgical team (a little sucking up never hurts) and a can of WD-40 and a bag of micro-chips from my lab for the Robot

I'm saying this in a friendly/playful way... do you REALLY think the best thing to bring doctors giving you weight loss surgery is sugary treats? lol. Such irony there.

 

[robs477]

I'm saying this in a friendly/playful way... do you REALLY think the best thing to bring doctors giving you weight loss surgery is sugary treats? lol. Such irony there.

I know huh..LOL Oh well, everybody likes a good piece of chocolate once in a while, especially the girls . They will get a laugh out of the irony of it all too I'm sure, but..I bet you it all gets eaten though!!

 

[Elizabeth N.]

I'm saying this in a friendly/playful way... do you REALLY think the best thing to bring doctors giving you weight loss surgery is sugary treats? lol. Such irony there.

Hey, chocolate makes EVERYTHING better!

 

[kirmy]

Nurses= chocolate. Match made in heaven.