For the first time in history, a man located in Luanda, Angola, underwent a robotic surgery led remotely by a doctor based in the United States, thus proving that telesurgery is a viable and successful option for safely treating patients.
A South African surgeon reached a groundbreaking medical milestone by successfully curing deafness by using 3D-printed bones for reconstructive middle-ear implants, and the landmark surgery is the world’s first.
A team of doctors from the Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts, the United States, successfully performed brain surgery on a baby while still in the womb, thus saving her life from a potentially deadly genetic disorder.