My first reaction was the same, but further down he mentions a team of 50 people involved in the procedure itself, including a couple of other doctors. This imp

My first reaction was the same, but further down he mentions a team of 50 people involved in the procedure itself, including a couple of other doctors. This implies that the whole thing was a huge team effort, and not just a one man show for the thrill. I do wonder how much effort it took in total to prepare this procedure. CT, MRT, research, rapid prototyping of bones and other structures for analysis and practice runs... it seems they used all the tools they could.