{
  "id": 16771401,
  "title": "Doctor performs first telerobotic surgery in US, removing prostate from 35 miles away",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/doctor-performs-first-telerobotic-surgery-in-us-removing-prostate",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-27T16:54:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/first-telerobotic-surgery"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The patient was at a facility in Minneola, Florida, while the surgeon operated remotely from another facility A Florida surgeon has performed the first telerobotic operation between two US hospitals, removing the prostate of a man with cancer from 35 miles away, according to officials. Dr Vipul Patel, founder and medical director of the Global Robotics Institute at AdventHealth Celebration in…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}