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#1: World’s First Surgery Using Virtual Incision’s MIRA Miniature Robotic System Performed at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska

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Cliff said…
How does this square with their announcement from five and a half years ago? http://surgrob.blogspot.com/2016/03/first-human-operation-with-virtual.html
T. said…
Fair question. I assume that the device was quite different back then. Also, accessing a polyp via the rectum is significantly less complex than a trans-abdominal procedure.

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