Surgeons carry out socially distanced operation nine miles away using virtual reality
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dailystar.co.ukcoronavirus is forcing social distancing in our hospitals – but a new age of surgery could be beginning. A team of Italian surgeons have demonstrated an operation on a “patient” nine miles away using remote-controlled robotic tools thanks to the introduction of high-speed 5G technology.Telesurgery isn’t a brand new idea – the first successful operation was performed over 19 years ago but advances in the field have been slow.But now, with faster communications and more dextrous robots the age of telesurgery could be dawning at last.The test “patient” was dead before the operation began – for this test a body that had been donated to science was used.First two technicians prepared the test subject and the operating room.Then a surgeon began.
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