In a groundbreaking leap for medical tech, a Chinese surgical team has successfully performed the world's first transcontinental robotic surgery—with a surgeon in Rome operating on a patient in Beijing 8,000 km away! 🏥✨
Professor Zhang Xu, a top urology expert, guided robotic arms via a console at a Rome medical conference to remove a prostate lesion in real time. The 135-millisecond latency—faster than a TikTok upload!—ensured seamless precision. \"It felt like I was right there,\" Zhang said, praising the near-zero delay. 🤖
A backup team in Beijing’s PLA General Hospital monitored the procedure closely. Conference chairman Vito Pansadoro called it a \"historical moment for global medicine.\" 💡
The tech could soon help treat soldiers remotely, hinting at a future where borders don’t limit life-saving care. 🩺🌐
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Chinese team perform world-first robotic surgery from Rome in Beijing
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