Ep. 189 Legends of Urology: Origins of Robotic Surgery with Dr Mani Menon

2010.269 - 2037.433 Dr. Mani Menon

And, you know, I'm a very good laparoscopic surgeon. I'm pretty good. But this operation brought me to my knees. So I said, OK, let me call Alan Parton, who you know, was in the next office and was an open surgeon, and maybe he would see the value of laparoscopy. And Lou was not a prostate cancer surgeon. Ditto from Alan Barton, saying, this is a terrible idea. You should never do that.