The Technological Future of Surgery

The Technological Future of Surgery
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Will we have Matrix-like small surgical robots? Will they pull in and out organs from patients' bodies?
The scene is not impossible. It looks like we have come a long way from ancient Egypt, where doctors performed invasive surgeries as far back as 3,500 years ago. Only two years ago, Nasa teamed up with American medical company Virtual Incision to develop a robot that can be placed inside a patient's body and then controlled remotely by a surgeon.

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