00:00It looks like an A8, so that looks like a lower lobe.
00:18This is new technology, we are talking about smaller holes and much better vision.
00:25The ability to have lots of integrated computer-aided technology on top of that makes this precise surgery, it makes
00:36it safe surgery.
01:00The benefits are shorter length of stay, less pain for the patient, patient going home day one, day two,
01:08making sure they are comfortable, less pain, less need for analgesia after the operation.
01:14And this is clear, so if you get to see the patient later today, you will see him walking around
01:18the ward.
01:19And that is a real example of what happens to every single patient we treat today.
01:23What time did you come down?
01:24About past four, I think, with the girls.
01:27I should have got Kendra to pint my finger with my toenails.
01:31Didn't you?
01:32Yeah.
01:36That was extraordinary.
01:38In fact, after the operation, I found out quite quickly that I only had one stitch in a small wound
01:48in my back,
01:48and that was where the drain was.
01:51As far as walking, I think after I went back to the ward, which is only maybe half an hour
01:57after the surgery, I was walking.
02:09I think the biggest challenge or the biggest step was stepping away from the patient and being standing by the
02:15bedside to sitting on a console.
02:17And I think that almost kind of separates you from the patient slightly, but it gives you incredible vision
02:24and makes you very objective in terms of how you deal with the patient.
02:27What do you think?
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