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Pravda - Robotic technology undermines reputation of Russian surgeons

Published: 8 November 2010

"Robotic surgery will start to develop in Russia not earlier than in 2012, when robotic surgeons become available to just a few Russian medical institutions…

At the end of October, Canadian physicians successfully performed the world's first completely robotic surgery and anesthesia. Specialists from McGill University used the da Vinci surgical system alongside an anesthesia robot nicknamed McSleepy to perform the surgery on a prostatectomy patient at McGill University Health Centre, MUHC…

Russian surgeons are known as wizards for their hands, but the current development of the robotic technology in the world may deprive them of their reputation in a blink of an eye."

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