Surgeons can safely perform two common operations from up to 2,800 kilometres away, the equivalent of a medic in southern ...

First randomised controlled trial of telesurgery finds it a 'feasible solution' for uneven distribution of medical services ...

Even from a few kilometres away, Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira is able to perform a critical diagnostic procedure, thanks to an ...

Fernando da Silva, who lives in the southern African nation of Angola, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in March. Three months later, he underwent a procedure to cut out the cancer from a surgeon ...

This tiny but mighty robot just nailed its first surgery demo in zero gravity up in space this weekend. On Saturday, surgeons from Lincoln, Nebraska, remotely controlled a two-pound robot, known as ...