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Indonesia performs first telerobotic surgery on human in Southeast Asia
The surgeon, situated in Bali, successfully performed a surgery on a patient in Jakarta with the help of robotic arms connected in a high-speed network connection, making the first operation on humans conducted remotely in Southeast Asia.
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A stock illustration of robotic surgery. (Shutterstock/Gerain0812)
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ndonesia became the first Southeast Asian country to successfully perform telerobotic surgery on a human, following a showcase on Aug. 30 of a live remote operation for kidney treatment between Jakarta and Bali.
Urological surgeon Ponco Birowo performed the procedure to remove a cyst on the patient’s right kidney using a robotic controller at Prof. Dr. IGNG Ngoerah General Hospital in Denpasar, Bali. He was assisted by urologic oncologist Agus Rizal Ardy Hariandy Hamid.
The patient, a 71-year-old man, was in an operating theater of Cipto Mangunkusumo Central General Hospital (RSCM) in Jakarta; nearly 1,200 kilometers away from Bali. Urologic oncologist Chaidir A. Mochtar and other surgical doctors and nurses helped with the procedure in Jakarta.
The surgery used equipment made by Edge Medical Robotics from China.
Read also: Telerobotic surgery key innovation to tackle urologic problems
The procedure aimed to assess the latency time and general work of the remote configurations, including wireless internet bandwidth and network jitter, for the feasibility and safety of robot-assisted remote surgery in the future.
The operation was shown through two screens installed at the RSCM Kencana pavilion, from where doctors, medical experts and journalists watched the overall procedure.
