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Savannah Meacham

First robotic surgery gives granny '15 minutes of fame'

A robot has performed shoulder replacement surgery for the first time in Australia. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

When a grandmother fell and severely injured her shoulder on Christmas Eve, she never thought a robot would be the one to surgically repair it.

Kerry Stubbings and her husband had embarked on a grey nomad adventure and were in Perth when she slipped out of a caravan, landing directly on her shoulder.

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