Timeline for Is it possible to perform surgery on your own spine? [closed]
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| Dec 4, 2018 at 8:10 | history | closed |
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| Dec 4, 2018 at 3:05 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 2, 2018 at 19:02 | vote | accept | Rose | ||
| Nov 29, 2018 at 12:16 | answer | added | Tim B | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 29, 2018 at 12:07 | answer | added | Sharon | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 18:24 | comment | added | Arsak | Your character has human-like anatomy, I guess? Or could we assume more flexibility :) | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 14:56 | comment | added | elemtilas | @Suthek -- I don't know what the OP's expertise is, but I'm guessing surgery isn't it. If the chip does all the work, then the question should be closed. If the technology is so advanced that the chip can integrate itself within the body, then "surgery" is not required and the question should be deleted as being senseless. Spinal tap isn't something you do on yourself either. Spinal tap isn't (really) a surgical procedure per se (it's an anesthesia thing, usually) so that's moot as far as the question goes. | |
| Nov 28, 2018 at 10:44 | comment | added | Suthek | @elemtilas So it is inserted in a reverse version of the Spinal Tap. OP said in a comment further down that "you simple [sic] place the micro chip into your spine.". To me that implies that the chip does the whole 'connect to nerve tissue' thing by itself. | |
| S Nov 28, 2018 at 4:03 | history | suggested | Sora Tamashii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
There's a large difference in performing surgery on (for example) your arm and on your spine. This question is asking specifically about the spine and spine alone. The title should remain clear and not be made vague when the more vague question is not what is being asked for.
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| Nov 28, 2018 at 1:42 | comment | added | elemtilas | @Chromane -- No. A microchip can not just "be injected" into the spine like an ID chip. Just consider the relevant anatomy! An ID chip is a relatively autonomous thing. It just sits there. The chip in question needs to interact with the character's brain via nerves in the spinal cord. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 21:06 | answer | added | elemtilas | timeline score: 46 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 19:10 | answer | added | Damon | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 16:42 | comment | added | John Coleman | It isn't clear what "can she actually do the surgery" means in this context (with the "technology is futuristic so it is possible"). You seem to have stipulated that it is possible, so what more is there to ask? | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 13:51 | comment | added | John | this depends a lot on is she can see and reach the surgical site, she will definitely need mechanical assistance. Maybe a medical waldo. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 11:08 | comment | added | James Bradbury | Obv not factual, but possibly realistic.. this scene from Master and Commander where the ship's surgeon removes a bullet from his own body. youtube.com/watch?v=5f0cBrCTeis | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 10:05 | comment | added | Totumus Maximus | @RowynAlloway You should watch the self surgery scene in the movie Prometheus. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 7:47 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 7:09 | comment | added | a4android | She would need remote manipulators to perform the surgery. What we now call a "surgical robot". She would also need to be a surgeon and an experienced one too. With the right technology it is within the bounds of possibility. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 6:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 6:09 | comment | added | Chromane | Depending on size of microchip - could it simply be injected like a pet microchip? those are size of large grain of rice. Injecting something is far more achievable and believable than self-surgery | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 3:56 | comment | added | JBH | I have serious doubts that anyone, even a skilled surgeon, could perform surgery on their own spine. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 3:37 | comment | added | Rose | she is a genius who is mental. she doesnt really have emotions so she doesn't get grossed out. the technology is self made and is superior to modern science. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 3:33 | vote | accept | Rose | ||
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 3:33 | vote | accept | Rose | ||
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 3:13 | answer | added | Cyn | timeline score: 39 | |
| S Nov 27, 2018 at 2:20 | history | edited | L.Dutch♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Nov 27, 2018 at 2:20 | history | suggested | Sora Tamashii | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 2:19 | answer | added | Chromane | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 2:16 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 39 | |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 2:10 | comment | added | Sora Tamashii | What level is the rest of the technology? Does she have something that allows her the impossible reach to get to the section near her spinal column? How is she at the sight of blood? What about her blood? (It makes a difference to some.) Does she have sufficient blood for transfusion to reduce risk of dying on the table? Why is she doing it on herself instead of guiding someone (which would be significantly easier and lower-risk in this case)? | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 2:09 | comment | added | Ender Look | Moving your hands in your back is quite difficult so performing a surgery in your spine will be even more... Does it requires anaesthesia? If it does it's quite probable she won't be able to do it... she may fall asleep. Also, you must think how much complicate is the procces? Just inject a a microcrip may be really easy, but that isn't the same as connecting each nerve from the spine to the chip. | |
| Nov 27, 2018 at 2:07 | history | edited | Ender Look | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2018 at 2:02 | history | asked | Rose | CC BY-SA 4.0 |