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Doctor removes prostate from 35 miles away in first telerobotic surgery in US
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The patient was at a facility in Minneola, Florida, while the surgeon operated remotely from another facility A Florida surgeon has performed the first telerobotic operation between two US hospitals, removing the prostate of a man with cancer from 35 miles away, according to offi
The patient was at a facility in Minneola, Florida, while the surgeon operated remotely from another facility A Florida surgeon has performed the first telerobotic operation between two US hospitals, removing the prostate of a man with cancer from 35 miles away, according to officials. Dr Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in suburban Orlando, on Sunday performed an investigational robotic prostatectomy on a 66-year-old prostate cancer patient who volunteered for a clinical study evaluating a robotic telesurgery system. Continue reading...
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