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Austrian surgeon 'let teenage daughter drill hole in patient's skull' (news.sky.com)

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An Austrian surgeon allegedly let his teenage daughter drill a hole in a patient's skull.

Following a forestry accident in January, a 33-year-old man was flown by air ambulance to Graz University Hospital, Styria, southeastern Austria, with serious head injuries, according to Kronen Zeitung, an Austrian newspaper.

He needed emergency surgery, but the doctor allegedly let his 13-year-old daughter take part in operating on him.

The newspaper reported that she even drilled a hole in the patient's skull.

While the operation was said to have gone off without issue, the patient is still unable to work and investigations by the Graz public prosecutor's officer against the entire surgical team are continuing.

It wasn't until April that an anonymous complaint was logged to the public prosecutor's office about the allegations, the newspaper reported.

The alleged victim initially learned about the case in the media before later being told by authorities he was a witness in an investigation.

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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 55 points 2 months ago (18 children)

My understanding is that the drill is fixtured in position in procedures as delicate as this, so that it really can't move and drill anywhere except where it needs to. Likely why Dad thought (wrongly) that it was harmless.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Surgical tech here!

...I got bad news.

In craniotomies, once the skull is exposed the doc will use basically a handheld dremel to punch a few holes, then connect the dots with a side-biting bit.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could she have done the initial drill in such a manner? Mounted drill etc

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I've never seen a mounted drill in the OR (though I imagine there is an option for it - bed-mounted instruments and equipment are pretty common).

Here's a video that kinda shows how craniotomies go - this is just an animation, nothing gory. The drill in the animation is different from the onces I've seen used for cranis (pistol-shaped vs just a cylinder like the one I linked earlier) but either way, it's very much a hand-held device.

Even micro surgery like when we're drilling in a tympanoplasty or cochlear implant placement - literally done under a microscope - it's still just a little dremmel looking thing.

[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I just wanted to be sure to say thank you for your thoughtful replies with sources, I have learned some things and enjoyed it.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Worked in orthopedic surgery for years (just a big nerd, not a surgeon) and it's always strange seeing other surgical disciplines talking about the equipment used in a procedure. Like, ya'll don't just use a Dewalt in a sterile bag? Really?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

ya’ll don’t just use a Dewalt in a sterile bag?

They like to pretend it's more than that, but anything that requires power really just boils down to carpentry that bleeds.

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