Surgeons in Baltimore operate overseas:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore have successfully treated a 20-year old man with kidney failure nearly 9,000 miles away in Bangkok, Thailand. The US team operated a robotic laparoscope using video and audio commands over a standard ISDN international telephone link. The surgeons were able to cut and seal blood vessels remotely during the procedure, in which the kidney was removed.