Patient who died during robot surgery had 99% chance of living if human operated
Stephen Pettitt, 69, died following a "catalogue of errors" and lead surgeon Sukumaran Nair had not been trained enough to use the robot
ByHayley Coyle
04:22, 9 NOV 2018Updated22:09, 9 NOV 2018
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.
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