XINJIANG, CHINA – China has successfully performed the world’s first liver resection surgery utilising a domestically developed 5G remote robot, reported China Economic Net.
A medical team from Zhejiang and Xinjiang provinces collaborated through the use of 5G remote robot, overcoming a considerable distance of 4,600 kilometers.
The surgery was completed within an astonishing 40-minute timeframe.
Leading the surgical team was Dr. Liang Xiao, a chief physician from the Department of General Surgery at Zhejiang University School of Medicine’s Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital.
Assisting Dr. Liang in the procedure was Dr. Li Zheyong, the deputy director of the Department of General Surgery at the same hospital and the vice-president of Alar Hospital in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
The patient who underwent left hepatic lobe resection surgery, referred to as Zhang (pseudonym), is a local resident of Alar and in her early thirties.
A large tumor measuring eight centimeters was discovered in her left liver lobe.
The patient’s surgery was performed with China’s first four-arm laparoscopic robot, which uses 5G technology for remote operations.
Its core software and hardware are also manufactured in China. China performed its first 5G remote robot gallbladder surgery using this technology on February 16th of this year.
So far, Hangzhou and Xinjiang have jointly conducted three cases of 5G ultra-long distance robotic surgeries, including two cases of gallbladder removal and one case of left hepatic lobectomy.