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Biotech / Medical : BUY RDOC -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Carolyn S. who wrote (88)	7/16/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: Dennis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 130

Yes, that is the same impression I get. CALLING ALL SURGEONS. IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE????? U.S. Hospitals LOVE to buy new toys like this.

To: Carolyn S. who wrote (88)	7/18/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: Bill Martin	Respond to of 130

I am not a physician. Recently I have had two different friends get hips replaced in California though. In both cases the surgeons were familiar with Robodoc and doing what they could to dissuade the people from going to it. They stressed their long term experience with their present method and the "who knows how well this will work in the long term" view of Robodoc. I think it would be extremely naive to expect most surgeons to embrace this unless their patients demand it. They've all got years of training and vested interest in the existing methods. Hopefully enough will embrace it however to force the others into it eventually. The insurance companies and HMOs may also force a trend in that direction in several years if the outcomes are demonstrably better. One opinion .... Bill