BrosephQuibles t1_iqpx3y0 wrote on October 2, 2022 at 6:27 AM

Reply to comment by FabianOvrWrt in "Robotic surgery is a game changer for minimally invasive surgery" - More and more surgeons are using robotic surgical systems. Here’s why. 🤖 by tonymmorley

They also occasionally train surgeons how to use these things with raw chicken breasts.

I work in an operating room and we have two da Vinci robots that do a lot of general and obgyn cases.

Edit: typo.

FabianOvrWrt t1_iqto8wy wrote on October 3, 2022 at 12:28 AM

That's very interesting. I wonder which animal has the best resemblance to our bodies in order for surgeons to practice specific procedures.

BrosephQuibles t1_iqtokzr wrote on October 3, 2022 at 12:30 AM

The chicken breast was just to familiarize themselves with the machine more than anything. I walked into one of the ORs the other day and the Da Vinci rep was training a surgeon on the machine and they had a model tissue that resembled skin far better than a chicken breast.

When using a multi million dollar robot they typically don’t cut corners on training, I just happened to see the robot operating on a chicken breast that one day. Haha