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

2742.238 - 2770.534 Dr. Mani Menon

You know, we were legally bound to honor their contract for a year. This was their first case. So I would somehow have to justify this with our administration and the donor, because I'd spent a lot of money into this. We had agreed to buy the robot, which was, you know, a million dollars, $999,000. But I couldn't conscientiously have a patient become paralyzed because I was trying something new.