A robot surgeon has for the first time carried out a long-distance heart operation completely by itself.
The 50-minute surgery, which took place in a Milanese hospital, was carried out on a 34-year-old patient suffering from atrial fibrillation, or 'heart flutters' .
The operation was initiated and monitored on a PC in Boston, USA, by Carlo Pappone, head of Arrhythmia and Cardiac Electrophysiology at Milan's San Raffaele university. Also watching the operation - a world first - were dozens of heart specialists attending an international congress on arrhythmia in the American city.
Notice that the patient is in another country, even though the computer, and the doctor were in the US? This is undoubtedly because in the US we have too many restrictions, and way too much liability for such things to take place. Are these really protecting us...or just hindering progress?
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