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Old 7th Aug 2012, 06:55
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costamaia
 
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Why do we still need pterosaurs?

@DOVES

Why do I keep teaching and practising hand sutures when 99% of them are (adequately, if not better) performed mechanically by a multitude of gadgets or a robot (an industry-driven "need")?
Because when the machine fails, you have to do it yourself, and you better know how! My patients, as your A/C ultimately still depend on our capability of hand-flying (or hand-suturing), no matter how complex and "reliable" automation is...
Maybe I'm a pterosaur too... But I feel I'm still usefull.
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