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Gabriela Galvin

In world-first, UK and US surgeons perform remote stroke operation from across the Atlantic

Surgeons in the United Kingdom and the United States have performed what are thought to be the world’s first remote-controlled stroke surgeries.

Operating from Dundee, Scotland, Dr Iris Grunwald performed the remote thrombectomy – the removal of blood clots from the brain to restore blood flow – on a human cadaver located across town.

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