Robotic surgery performed remotely from the U.S. on a patient in Africa

A robotic prostatectomy surgery was performed remotely from Florida on a patient in Angola as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial.

“We will operate from the United States to Africa in an FDA-approved clinical trial. We’ll be performing a robotic prostatectomy for a man in Angola who otherwise would not have access to high-end surgical care,” said Dr. Vip Patel, a Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth.

The robotic system is…