US surgeon performs world's first 'remote' surgery — from 4K miles across the Atlantic

Doctors from the US and UK have performed the world’s first-ever remote-controlled surgery — in what has been hailed as a medical “game changer.”

Surgeons at a hospital in Dundee, Scotland, used a robot to remove a blood clot in a human cadaver, which was located at a university facility across the city.

Hours later — and over 4,000 miles away in Jacksonville, Florida — Dr Ricardo Hanel then used the groundbreaking technology to operate on the same body.

“Where previously this was thought to be science fiction, we demonstrated that every step of the procedure can already be done,” Professor Iris Grunwald said. University of Dundee / SWNS

“It felt as if we were witnessing the first glimpse of the future,” Professor Iris Grunwald of the University of Dundee told BBC Scotland .

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