Surgeons at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Illinois used the da Vinci Surgical System, which costs nearly $2 million. To
practice their robotic doctor skills they used fruit instead of real humans. A video of a surgery on a grape was published in 2010.
— No Jumper (@nojumper) November 24, 2018
Burger going to visit grape after surgery pic.twitter.com/QON9MKt4Cd
— wesley (@esleyeaton) November 25, 2018
Have u guys started watching this yet? They did surgery on a grape pic.twitter.com/KbxN3bynXg
— blue worm red scarf (@homedepotfan91) November 23, 2018
they did surgery on a grape pic.twitter.com/ghXRzeOB2u
— yves and i can’t swim (@sunlitjhs) November 24, 2018
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nurse: you’ve been in a coma since 2012
patient: did they finally do surgery on a grape pic.twitter.com/6hSxiJ1EWo
— (@yalllism) November 24, 2018
Even Burger King and Wendy’s jumped on the “they did surgery on a grape” phenomenon to get some free publicity.
No one can ever say dipping fries in your Frosty is weird again.
They did surgery on a grape.
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) November 25, 2018
They did surgery on a Whopper. pic.twitter.com/hm17csrxjR
— Burger King UK (@BurgerKingUK) November 26, 2018
Last May, surgeons in Australia posted their surgery on a grape on Twitter. The tweet gave a behind-the-scenes look at doctors using the da Vinci Surgical System to perform an operation on a fruit. Dr. Declan Murphy, an oncologist from Melbourne, was the surgeon in the video and says that the patient’s name is “Grapey McGrapeface.
BEHIND THE SCENES. Here’s some pictures from today’s shoot with Peter Mac’s Director of Robotic Surgery @declangmurphy showing @ScopeTV11 how our da Vinci Xi robot works, performing precision surgery on a grape. #roboticsurgery #robot #davinciXi pic.twitter.com/dfzGszpzN6
— Peter Mac Cancer Ctr (@PeterMacCC) May 29, 2018
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