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Surgeons using Twitter from the operating room [w/ video]

edition.cnn.com — It's 7 a.m. at Henry Ford Hospital, and surgeons are preparing to remove a cancerous tumor from a man's kidney. It's potentially a risky surgery, but everything's ready: The doctors and nurses are in the operating room, the surgical instruments are sterilized and ready to go, and the chief resident is furiously Twittering on his laptop.

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  • agentinfinite, on 02/17/2009, -0/+3Next will be Twitter police reports
  • viraj86, on 02/17/2009, -0/+3Update 1:We have given the anaesthasia
    Update 2: Patient is slowly getting drowsy
    Update 3: ....
  • amabaie, on 02/17/2009, -0/+2We have the target in site. We'll make a 95 dgree swing about left and decend slowly.

    Approaching target from NNW with just 37.9 seconds to go...

    Counting down, 20...19...18...

    @TigerBomber Ha! I see you. Cannot fool BigJihadDude. Taking evasive action.

    @BigJihadDude Hold your fire. We are leaving the area. Repeat, we are l;eaving the area.

    @TigerBomber Ha! You block @CaveJihad , but we get new Twitter ID and follow you. Silly satanic Americans on Twitter cannot hide from jihad spies.
  • Danrax, on 02/17/2009, -0/+2I am jack's complete lack of surprise
  • inactive, on 02/17/2009, -0/+2Were they on the can?
  • FunnyBoyz, on 02/17/2009, -0/+1that was the only thing left to be done over twitter
    I want some porn live there..

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