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Old September 28th 06, 03:57 AM posted to sci.space.station
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Europe/France did an experimental 0g surgery abourd a specially equipped
Airbus A300 aircraft that did parabolic trajectory to provide short
periods of 0 G to perform surgery.

This was the removal of a small skin cancer on a volunteer's arm(so not
a deep internal surgery).

I wonder how long it will take before similar surgey is attempted on ISS
(probably once Columbus is up).
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Old September 28th 06, 01:22 PM posted to sci.space.station
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About how long are the intervals of zero g? And how long would such a
surgery take? Interesting

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Old September 29th 06, 01:09 AM posted to sci.space.station
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Z 1 Y 0 N 3 X wrote:

About how long are the intervals of zero g? And how long would such a
surgery take? Interesting


BBC mentioned 20 second periods of 0G over a period of about 3 hours.
Not sure how long an interval between 0G periods.

I think that this was meant more as a doctor training issue than a
surgery issue. For instance, what is needed to give the doctor a
secure/stable grip so pressing his scalpel against the other body won't
push the doctor away.
 




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