China completes world's third robot-assisted heart transplant
yogthos · reddit · 2026-10-17
China has completed the world's third robotic arm-assisted heart transplant, per China Daily. Photos from the operating room show a multi-arm surgical robot working alongside the surgical team with full intraoperative monitoring — a sign that surgical robotics is pushing into high-difficulty organ transplantation.
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