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>For the first time in the UK, a surgical team used a robot to remove a cancerous tumour from a patient's throat.
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>Gloucestershire Royal Hospital surgeons Simon Higgs and Steve Hornby employed the Versius robot to remove a tumour from Martin Nugent's oesophagus.
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>"If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be standing here now," Mr Nugent said.
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>"To have been given a second chance to see my grandchildren, my children and my wife has meant so much to me."
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>Previously, operating on the oesophagus - which connects the mouth to the stomach - would have been performed through open surgery, with the surgeon making the incision manually.
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>Using the Versius surgical robot made it possible to operate on Mr Nugent using minimal access surgery.