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Florida surgeon performs prostate surgery on patient 35 miles away using robotic telesurgery

Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics

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Dr. Vipul Patel used a robotic telesurgery system to operate on a patient 35 miles away, part of an FDA-approved study. The procedure marks the first of its kind between U.S. hospitals, with safety and effectiveness still under investigation.

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  • distance between hospitals

    35

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    Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics
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  • distance between hospitals

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    A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, used the robotic system to perform surgery on a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. While the patient was in an operating
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  • distance between hospitals

    35

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    room at an AdventHealth hospital in Minneola, Florida, Patel was controlling surgical instruments remotely at AdventHealth Celebration, located 35 miles away, to successfully remove the patient's prostate. AdventHealth - PHOTO: Dr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth, performs a surgery using a robotic telesurgery system. A qualified surgeon was also in the room with the pat
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  • distance between hospitals

    >7,000

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    to specialized treatment. Important questions about safety, effectiveness and technical performance remain under investigation." Humanoid robots make history, perform 2 surgeries in pigs for 1st time As part of the study, nearly one dozen telesurgery procedures were previously done between hospitals in Orlando and Luanda, Angola, located more than 7,000 miles apart.
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  • age of patient

    66

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    A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, used the robotic system to perform surgery on a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. While the patient was in an operating
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  • number of hospitals

    2

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    to specialized treatment. Important questions about safety, effectiveness and technical performance remain under investigation." Humanoid robots make history, perform 2 surgeries in pigs for 1st time As part of the study, nearly one dozen telesurgery procedures were previously done between hospitals in Orlando and Luanda, Angola, located more than 7,000 miles apart.
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  • number of hospitals

    2

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    ient at AdventHealth Minneola during the surgery, according to AdventHealth. The patient continues to do well post-surgery, the hospital told ABC News. The surgery -- the first of its kind performed between two hospitals in the United States -- is part of a Food and Drug Administration-authorized clinical research study to examine whether this type of robotic surgery could be implemented more broadly. Parents speak o
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Doctor performs surgery on patient at hospital 35 miles away using robotics

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A doctor in Florida performed a medical first on Sunday, using a robotic telesurgery system to perform a surgery at a hospital located 35 miles away. Dr. Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in Celebration, Florida, near Orlando, used the robotic system to perform surgery on a 66-year-old man with prostate cancer. While the patient was in an operating

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room at an AdventHealth hospital in Minneola, Florida, Patel was controlling surgical instruments remotely at AdventHealth Celebration, located 35 miles away, to successfully remove the patient's prostate. AdventHealth - PHOTO: Dr. Vipul Patel, medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth, performs a surgery using a robotic telesurgery system. A qualified surgeon was also in the room with the pat

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to specialized treatment. Important questions about safety, effectiveness and technical performance remain under investigation." Humanoid robots make history, perform 2 surgeries in pigs for 1st time As part of the study, nearly one dozen telesurgery procedures were previously done between hospitals in Orlando and Luanda, Angola, located more than 7,000 miles apart.

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ient at AdventHealth Minneola during the surgery, according to AdventHealth. The patient continues to do well post-surgery, the hospital told ABC News. The surgery -- the first of its kind performed between two hospitals in the United States -- is part of a Food and Drug Administration-authorized clinical research study to examine whether this type of robotic surgery could be implemented more broadly. Parents speak o

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