Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot

Re:Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot by hkt on Saturday July 26, 2025 @02:14AM (#44691812)

If they can automate training me not to recoil from the eye speculum I'd appreciate it, my pesky body does not like things getting too close.

(Serious remark)

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Re:Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot by 0_____0 on Saturday July 26, 2025 @11:21AM (#44694772)

I think sedation may be an option (chemical automation, how about it?)

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Re:Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot by hkt on Saturday July 26, 2025 @01:48PM (#44695804)

I was told it wasn't :(

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Re:Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot by filoleg on Saturday July 26, 2025 @04:31PM (#44696742)

Full anesthesia - yeah, not an option, you need to be awake. Something milder - it could be an option (depending on the state, maybe? not sure, mine was done in WA).

Neither me nor my friends (all of us who got lasik) asked for it, but my clinic gave me valium, and my friends’ clinic gave them xanax shortly before the procedure.

Tangential sidenote: that was nearly 8 years ago, and I am absolutely glad I got it done.

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Re:Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot by hkt on Saturday July 26, 2025 @09:59PM (#44698310)

Noted! I'm in the UK and nobody mentioned anything. Maybe I'll ask! I'd love to not have glasses even if it was just some of the time.

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