Image: WBAMC first in DoD to use robot for surgery 160426-A-EK666-511

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Description: Medical personnel place sterilized covers on the arms of the daVinci Xi surgical system, a minimally-invasive robotic surgery system, at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, April 26. William Beaumont Army Medical Center performed the first robotic surgery in the Department of Defense using the surgical system, May 2. The surgeon-manipulated system allows for surgeons to operate with articulating instruments which bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist through an incision smaller than a centimeter. Unit: William Beaumont Army Medical Center Public Affairs Office
Title: WBAMC first in DoD to use robot for surgery 160426-A-EK666-511
Credit: https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2569263/wbamc-first-dod-use-robot-surgery
Author: Marcy Sanchez
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