Robot surgeon removes brain tumor from Canadian, will see more patients soon

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Though it’s certainly not the first duration a robotic surgeon has made news after joining the staff at a Canadian hospital, history has just been made in Calgary. Doctors (the human kind) were able to use remote controls, an imaging screen and the neuroArm in order to successfully remove a brain tumor from a 21-year old woman. Hailed as the first procedure of its kind, the team

already has a line of patients waiting to receive similar surgeries, and the mechanical hand is being praised for its precise movements and fragile nature. Unfortunately for the arm, no pay raise (or extended vacation) is in sight.

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