Surgical robot: A doctor keeping tabs on Tianji during a surgery in Hefei. — China Daily/Asia News Network
BEIJING: A patient suffering from numbness received robotic surgery in Anhui on Jan 3, marking the first instance of robotic surgery in China.
The patient, 42-year-old Wang, with numbness in his legs and left hand, underwent surgery at the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University lasting only half an hour, with a wound measuring only 1cm that had limited bleeding.
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