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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Ella Pickover

Inside UK’s first remote robotic surgery as surgeon operates on prostate cancer patient 2,400km away

A pioneering remote robotic surgery, the first of its kind in the UK, has been hailed as a significant medical "milestone" after a London-based surgeon successfully operated on a prostate cancer patient located 2,400km away in Gibraltar.

Paul Buxton, 62, who moved to Gibraltar from Burnham-On-Sea four decades ago, underwent the procedure.

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