Surgeons at McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Canada have performed the world's first completely robotic surgery and anaesthesia.
The surgeons used the DaVinci surgical robot and the McSleepy anaesthesia robot to perform a prostatectomy at the Montreal General Hospital, a part of MUHC.
The DaVinci robot allows the surgeons to operate the robotic arms from a dedicated workstation via video control, while the McSleepy robot automates anaesthesia delivery.
The researchers are planning to combine the two robots and test all-robotic surgery and anaesthesia on a larger number of patients for various forms of surgery.
