Doctor performs first telerobotic surgery in US, removing prostate from 35 miles away
The patient was at a facility in Minneola, Florida, while the surgeon operated remotely from another facilityA 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
Read the full story at Guardian WorldOpen in the live monitor