Robot helps students perform the perfect hip op.(News)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: February 11, 2008 | Copyright information

A surgical robot that makes hip operations so simple even medical students can get good results is being trialled in Britain.

The robot could eventually replace traditional techniques of carrying out complex operations that currently take surgeons years of study and experience to perfect.

The robotic navigation ...

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