Surgery From 35 Miles Away: Florida’s Robotic Telesurgery Study
Recorded 2026-10-27 · Science & Space
A surgeon in one Florida hospital has removed a patient's prostate while sitting about thirty-five miles away from the operating room.
The Society of Robotic Surgery says the October twenty-fifth procedure was the first robotic telesurgery performed within the United States.
Doctor Vipul Patel operated from AdventHealth Celebration, while the patient and a surgical team were at AdventHealth Minneola.
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