The world’s first remote surgery was performed on a lab animal in January of this year. Developments in technology to address the lag time in wireless networks has enabled the first human remote surgery to take place.
Developments in technology now allowing remote surgery using wireless networks.
"We'll be able to connect many more medical devices together and gain data from the patient, in a way that isn't possible at the moment. Different specialists, not necessarily in the same place, will all be able to work together for the first time," says Dr Michael Kranzfelder, a senior physician at Munich's Technical University.