Saturday May 17, 2008
David Shipley - 9:22 AM ADT

Canadian-made surgery bot removes brain tumour

From CTVNews.ca:

A team of Calgary surgeons has successfully used a robot to remove a tumour from a young woman's brain.

The surgical robotic system, called NeuroArm, helped surgeons remove the tumour from 21-year-old Paige Nickason.

"I had to have the tumour removed anyway so I was happy to help by being a part of this historical surgery," Nickason said in a statement from her hospital room less then 24 hours after her May 12 operation.

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