Remote surgery has come a long way since the first-ever case in 2001, when a surgeon in New York City operated on a patient in Strasbourg, France. No longer a product of science fiction, telesurgery’s advance promises to change—and save—countless lives, from patients in remote areas to those in warzones and even in space. Remote-controlled robots even offer an additional safety benefit compared to on-site surgery: The risk of a surgeon directly introducing an infection to the patient are nonexistent.
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