Surgeons use robots to carry out three operations at the same time in UK first
Surgeons at the Royal Surrey Hospital, which treats thousands of patients in north Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex today (12 March) carried out three identical operations simultaneously using robot technology – a first for the UK.
They performed two bladder removals and one combined cystectomy and total pelvic exenteration (rectal surgery) on the three cancer patients using the Da Vinci robots.