Robotic Surgery Complications Going Underreported

First time accepted submitter neapolitan writes "PBS has a report on the difficulties of tracking the complications arising from surgical robotic systems, particularly the Da Vinci robotic surgery apparatus. The original study (paywall) notes that there is a large lag in filing reports, and some are not reported at all. It is difficult to assess the continued outcomes and safety without accurate reporting data."

It's normal

[nospam007]

Those robotic surgeons operate 24 hours a day 7 days a week, they don't have time to write reports.

Re:It's even worse than that!

[Anonymous Coward]

I've never noticed the paywalls. But then again, I am not stupid enough to click on the link bait links that most /. posts have. After having submitted (and having accepted for the front page) articles and seeing the original link I provided switched out by the editor for some link bait copy - yeah, not clicking them. Nobody else reads the article anyway. We just read the summary and then yack on about all of the inaccuracies in them.