fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoSci-fi surgery as doctor in UK directs robot to remove a prostate in Gibraltar
Performing the procedure 1,500 miles away, from London's Harley Street district, was Prof Prokar Dasgupta, a professor of urology who heads The London Clinic's robotic centre of excellence. With the help of technology services provider Presidio, Dasgupta used a console in London to guide the Toumai Robotic System, made by Microport, through an intricate sequence of steps to successfully give Buxton a prostatectomy, a surgical removal of the prostate.
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