据官员透露，一名佛罗里达州外科医生已完成美国两家医院之间的首例远程机器人手术，在35英里外为一名癌症患者切除了前列腺。
The patient was at a facility in Minneola, Florida, while the surgeon operated remotely from another facility A Florida surgeon has performed the first telerobotic operation between two US hospitals, removing the prostate of a man with cancer from 35 miles away, according to officials.
患者位于佛罗里达州米尼奥拉的一家机构，而外科医生则从另一家机构远程操作。奥兰多郊区AdventHealth Celebration医院全球机器人研究所创始人兼医学主任Vipul Patel医生于周日为一名66岁前列腺癌患者实施了一项研究性机器人前列腺切除术，该患者自愿参加了一项评估机器人远程手术系统的临床研究。
Dr Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in suburban Orlando, on Sunday performed an investigational robotic prostatectomy on a 66-year-old prostate cancer patient who volunteered for a clinical study evaluating a robotic telesurgery system.