MUDGE’s Musings
Encountered this at lunch last week; it became a formidable challenge to finish (the story / the lunch: pick one!). Consider yourself warned, faithful reader, should you be snacking on some luscious sweet or casserole while perusing this nanocorner of the ‘Sphere©.
And remember, this comes not from some fringe or undocumented source, and also remember, April Fool’s day was some time ago.
Surgery Without the Slicing
Going in through existing orifices is good for patients and device makers, less so for doctors and hospitals
by Catherine Arnst | Business Week Sci Tech April 3, 2008, 5:00PM EST
On Mar. 11 Jeff Scholz, a 42-year-old former U.S. Marine, developed severe abdominal pain. It wasn’t as bad as the gunshot wound to the leg he suffered while in the service, but it kept him doubled over for most of the night. At the insistence of his fiancée, he went to the emergency room at the University of California at San Diego med center the next morning, where he learned his appendix was inflamed and had to come out. That’s how Scholz, the owner of a wholesale clothing company, ended up making medical history. He’s the first patient in the U.S. to have his appendix removed through his mouth.
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