From the Article

>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.

I imagine that surgical robot use will only increase as time goes by and the products get better. I for one am happy to see it.

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From the Article

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

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Work at a major hospital in LA, Ca. We’ve been doing these procedures robotically for about 3 years now. It’s game changing because you can get such fine margins people can avoid chemo in a lot of cases. Just surprised to see this as it’s already not uncommon.

I love that they made the robot look like a human surgeon!

It probably sucked for all the people where it failed to remove the tumor

I would name him Stuart