Lady_Litreeo t1_j8f9w1v wrote on February 13, 2023 at 9:47 PM

Reply to comment by DauOfFlyingTiger in Medical robots assisting in surgery at PBGMC, surgeons reporting quicker recovery by darth_nadoma

I had a surgeon tell me he could use a laparoscope for what I was having done, but he wasn’t very confident with it and would prefer to do it by hand. I dealt with the slightly larger surgical scar and extra week of recovery instead of testing this guy’s robot handling.

iCan20 t1_j8fk33z wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:56 PM

I would absolutely find a other doctor that is passionate about providing top of the line care using the newest techniques, and who has some experience.

I had a hernia repaired and I purposefully chose a doctor that has experience with the lap method and had positive patient outcomes.

DauOfFlyingTiger t1_j8fm461 wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:10 PM

Yes, the doctors said they feel COMPETENT not outstanding, competent after hundreds sometimes thousands of procedures.

Lady_Litreeo t1_j8fmdon wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:12 PM

If it was for a different surgery, I’d absolutely agree. I had a bilateral salpingectomy and it was hard enough to find someone who would perform a sterilization surgery on someone my age with no kids. Another doctor at the practice was highly skilled in laparoscopies and recommended to me by others, but she laughed in my face when I asked her.