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Canadian Surgeons Perform Telerobotic Surgery

Posted by chrisd on from the brave-patients-chart-the-course dept.

AndroidCat writes "While the equipment used isn't new, this operation was different because one of surgeons was 400km away. Dr. Mehran Anvari in Hamilton Ontario tele-operated instruments in North Bay General Hospital, supervised by Dr. Craig McKinley on site. The link was over a high priority routed Bell Canada connection. The patient, Ms. Fortier is doing quite well. Don't try this from home with a dialup connection."

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  1. Good thing... by Kalewa · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Good thing they waited until after the operation to tell us about it. I'd hate for them to get Slashdotted in the middle of it.