madox Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Heard this story on the news tonight, and thought it was pretty cool:BBC articleSurgeon in a low grade hospital in the Congo performed a shoulder amputation on a 16 year old kid. The surgeon hadn't performed this type of operation before, and sent an SMS to a professor in London for instructions. There was very limited equipment, to intensive care unit, and inly one pint of blood for transfusion. It was estimated that the chance of death was ~80%, though the surgery appears to have been a complete success.I thought it was pretty awesome, and reminded me of some old war time achievements in field surgery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goblinz Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 The thread title made me cringe. I thought you'd posted some midibox via SMS and they'd performed their own special type of surgery on it :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stryd_one Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 That's extreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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