Doctor Uses Electric Drill To Remove Brain Tumor

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Doctor Uses Electric Drill to Remove Brain Tumor

Posted Mar 19th 2008 8:54AM by Tim Stevens

Filed under: Computers

 

Think of brain surgery and you probably think of a room full of doctors and nurses each holding specialized equipment, surrounding a patient draped in sterilized blankets in a room of polished stainless steel and glass.

 

Imagine a guy holding a rechargeable handheld drill and using it on someone's head, though, and you'd probably think it was a scene from a horror movie and not a medical documentary. But in an upcoming documentary to be shown on the U.K's BBC, that's exactly what a British doctor uses for an emergency surgery on a woman in the Ukraine.

 

The woman, Marian Dolishny, was fully conscious when Dr. Henry Marsh used a 9.6 volt rechargeable drill from manufacturer Bosch to drill into her skull. Thankfully she was at least given a local anesthetic, but it must have been quite a sensation to have an off the shelf drill bit chewing into her noggin.

 

Dr. Marsh is a frequent visitor to Ukraine, where he charitably performs no-charge surgeries. On this particular occasion, he didn't have the official tools required for this sort of surgery, but, as he mentions in the documentary, his use of the electric drill "shows how with improvisation you can achieve a lot."

 

Calling Dr. Moe, Dr. Larry, Dr. Curly..........

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To be more formal, the announcement might also be:

 

"Paging Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard!"

 

This does indeed sound like a Three Stooges routine. We all know the drill ... Nyuk, nyuk nyuk!

 

"Congrautulations, Mrs. Dolishny! Your are the proud mother of a bouncing baby tumor!"

Edited March 19, 2008 by trekz