A short break under the knife
- Mark Mardell
- 18 Dec 07, 10:31 PM
The team of surgeons in a hospital in stare intently at a monitor, watching a tiny knife tear into flesh.
Bruno Dillemans is one of the world's experts in keyhole surgery and it's fascinating to watch him manipulate long-handled instruments that allow him to carry out this delicate operation.
Although the tools he holds look a bit like pruning scissors, the procedure seems more like playing a video game as fingers on left and right hands flick in a confident blur.
The intestine on the screen that we are all looking at belongs to Sara Jane Snocken, a 35 year-old primary teacher.
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