Filipino surgeons perform cross-country remote robotic surgeries
Filipino surgeons in Pampanga and Cotabato City carried out reciprocal remote robotic cholecystectomies on September 5 using the SSI Mantra Robotic Surgery System developed in India, operating on patients located 1,380 kilometers apart. Dr. Ryan Quiambao performed a cholecystectomy on a patient at the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, and Drs. Al-Jazzser Angas and Louis Gerard Agustin performed a similar operation at Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital; both procedures were completed safely in under an hour with minimal blood loss. The SSI founder and staff traveled from New Delhi to provide technical assistance, and health officials witnessed the milestone, showing a validated capability for remote surgical care that may improve geographic access to advanced procedures.
First cross-country robotic telesurgery in the Philippines completed safely.
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Hospitals in Pampanga and Cotabato used a robotic system to operate across 1,380 kilometers. The system maker's founder and staff came from New Delhi to assist. More remote surgeries between these hospitals could follow as they build local…
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