A group of doctors and medical specialists from Britain has successfully carried out the world’s first robot surgery on a patient.

Not only was it successful, the new surgery technique will reduce surgery and operation time, while at the same time adding extra precision and allow surgeons to attend to more complex cases in the future.

During the operation, a Consultant Radiologist used a joystick and a high resolution monitor screen to control a robotic arm attached with a sensor.

A 78 year old patient, James Arnold became the first patient to have his aneurysm repaired through this robotic surgery, ending his wait for more than ten years after the illness was first discovered. He was in good health after the operation and was discharged from hospital two days later.

The operation was done using a robot to repair a condition called abdominal aortic aneurysm, involving important artery that pumps blood throughout the body. The illness can be fatal, and every year, it kills about 7,000 people.

The surgery took place in St. Mary’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom.

The robot, called Sensei costs more than US$700,000 to develop, and is only available in two hospitals in the UK - two in the St. Mary’s and another in Bart’s Hospital, which is also in London.

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