Once confined to the realm of science fiction, robotic remote surgery has crossed the threshold into reality, transforming the way surgeons operate and patients receive care worldwide.
What began as visionary experiments in telepresence during the 1980s, with teams like those at Stanford Research Institute pioneering dexterous manipulators for microsurgery, has evolved into a sophisticated field where a surgeon in a Florida medical center can perform delicate operations on patients a continent away, in Angola, Africa.
The procedure was conducted as part of a clinical trial approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), marking a groundbreaking advancement in remote surgical technology.
Vipul Patel, the medical director of the Global Robotic Institute at Orlando’s Advent Health, recently performed a prostatectomy, which removes part or all of the prostate, on Fernando da Silva of Angola, ABC News reported in an exclusive story from medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton on Tuesday...
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