Angola performs first successful robotic tele-surgery

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The surgery was led by a doctor based in Orlando, United States, on a patient with prostate cancer in a Luanda hospital. It opened opportunities for future robotic surgery.

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00:00A telecirurgia that was done a couple of times

00:30We marked the history not only in this hospital, but in the country, in Africa, in the world

00:36because it was the first telecirurgia with the biggest distance between the patient and the patient.

00:47In this distance we were able to do telecirurgia

00:53as telecirurgias in itself were questioned

00:59especially by the issues that we call delay

01:03delay is the delay, the delay is the delay

01:06or the latency of the connection.

01:09So this was always a great impasse,

01:11this was always a great question about the safety of this type of telecirurgia.

01:19And we, in this moment, in this first telecirurgia

01:26we were able to confirm that in the end of the day

01:29there is security and that it is possible.

01:33What is the telecirurgia for a robot?

01:38Cirurgia for a robot.

01:40I always ask me if I will participate

01:43or will I accept to be operated by a robot?

01:48In this moment.

01:49This is what I would like to do.

01:50Good job, guys.

01:51Thank you very much.

01:52We are not able to choose this one.

01:53If you've ever seen one of the most of the most of the most of the most people

01:56so as you can see,

01:58otherwise people like a robot 3D

01:59You have to put a Jedi-lung

02:00You have to put a Jedi-lung

02:03you have to be able to choose the test

02:04to that the entire team

02:07and see a Jedi-lung.

02:08And the first time,

02:12you have the next time.

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