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Telesurgery Matches Local Surgery in RCT

First randomized trial shows remote robotic urologic procedures achieve comparable success.

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    Telesurgery proved noninferior to local robotic surgery in urologic cases.

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    Trial involved 72 patients across five Chinese hospitals.

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    Surgical success rates: 100% for telesurgery, 94% for local surgery.

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    Median operative times were similar: 152 mins (telesurgery) vs 135 mins (local).

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    Monitoring showed stable system performance over distances up to 2800 km.

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    Limitations included small sample size and absence of prior randomized data.

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    The study was funded by multiple research grants.

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Telesurgery Matches Local Surgery in RCT

First randomized trial shows remote robotic urologic procedures achieve comparable success.

  • by Doug Brunk

  • February 23, 2026

  • 3 min

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