Patient who died during robot surgery had 99% chance of living if human operated

[rangerrebew]

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.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/patient-who-died-during-robot-13560373

[Fishrrman]

It wasn't the robot.
It was "operator error".

[LadyLiberty]

It wasn't the robot.
It was "operator error".

Correct. The robot isn't doing it's own thing, like a robot repeating the same move over and over on a manufacturing line.  The surgeon is controlling it.

[RoosGirl]

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.

Seriously?  WTF?  The heart patient, who died, commented on his own chances of survival?

[Frank Cannon]

Hope the robot is insured for malpractice.

[dfwgator]

Garbage In, Garbage Out

[DB]

I had 20% of one kidney removed via robotic surgery. It would have taken far longer to recover if it had been done the traditional way.