I ca n't help but feel a bit ` eeewww ! ' about this , '' wrote a third tweeter from New York . Why twitter a surgery ? Whether it 's new and cool or merely yicky , observers say there 's no question that more and more doctors -- and patients -- will be sharing the blow-by-blow of medical procedures on sites like Twitter and Facebook . Dr. Craig Rogers , the lead surgeon in the Henry Ford surgery , said the impetus for his Twittering was to let people know that a tumor can be removed without taking the entire kidney . `` We 're trying to use this as a way to get the word out , '' Rogers said . Observers say Twittering about a procedure is a natural outgrowth of the social networking media revolution . `` Doing this removes a real communication barrier . It helps make something scary much more comprehendable , '' said Christopher Parks , co-founder of the Web site changehealthcare.com . `` It brings us closer together and makes us more engaged . '' Four months ago , Park 's colleague , Robert Hendrick , tweeted his own varicose
DETROIT , Michigan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- It 's 7 a.m. at Henry Ford Hospital , and surgeons are preparing to remove a cancerous tumor from a man 's kidney . A doctor posts updates on social-networking site Twitter during a recent operation in Detroit . It 's potentially a risky surgery , but everything 's ready : The doctors and nurses are in the operating room , the surgical instruments are sterilized and ready to go , and the chief resident is furiously Twittering on his laptop . That 's right -- last week , for the second known time , surgeons Twittered a surgery by using social-networking site Twitter to give short real-time updates about the procedure . Following the February 9 operation online were other doctors , medical students and the merely curious . Watch surgeons Twittering from the operating room Â '' `` Here 's something different : HenryFordNews is live tweeting surgery today , getting some buzz , too , '' wrote one Twitter participant from Massachusetts . `` I find this fascinating ! '' tweeted another Twitter user from Swansea , United Kingdom . `` It 's an interesting use of technology , but