World's First Surgery in Near Zero Gravity.

Posted by Alex in Medicine, Pictures on October 4, 2006 at 2:40 am


A team of French doctors performed the first surgery (cyst removal) done in near zero-gravity:

The five-man medical team made history by slicing off the patient’s yellow growth, which then floated away, tied to a string. Doctors worked in intervals of 22 seconds during conditions of weightlessness. Coincidentally, it took 22 intervals to complete the surgery.

The operation, more than three years in the making and part of a three-phase exploration of weightless surgery, paves the way toward one day performing surgery in space via a surgeon or a remote-controlled robot. It also is an experiment that may one day be instructive for a future medical emergency on the International Space Station.

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5 comments to "World's First Surgery in Near Zero Gravity."

  1. Miss Cellania
    October 4th, 2006 at 7:57 am

    The article didn't say anything about how they controlled or dealt with bleeding. That's what I'm curious about!

  2. hannah
    October 4th, 2006 at 8:20 am

    i heard somewhere they used suction to keep blood at bay. CNN i think.

  3. Alli
    October 4th, 2006 at 9:41 am

    They are using a little blue toy bin from ikea, I have one for my 5 yr old, bizzarre!

  4. ted
    October 4th, 2006 at 5:52 pm

    So now space will have not only satellite junk, but little yellow growths floating around.

  5. Aleki
    October 5th, 2006 at 4:21 am

    When's the first? Zero G circumsision?


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