Robots don’t challenge surgeons such as me – they challenge dogmatic practice | Ara Darzi
by Ara Darzi from on (#2FAAC)
I believe patient care depends on the use of disruptive innovators. My live demo at the Science Museum will show how far we've already come
On Friday 10 March, I will perform an operation in public for the first time. In a live demonstration, I will aim to show how robots can assist surgeons to cut more safely, with greater precision, and achieve better results for patients.
I should say at the outset that no patient's life will be put at risk during this event. I will be operating on a surgical mannequin - a specially adapted version of the shop mannequin designed to respond like a human body - and the event will take place at the Science Museum in London.
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