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'I operated on someone 1,500 miles away'
A London surgeon performed the UK's first long‑distance robotic operation.
The remarkable story of the London surgeon who has carried out the UK’s first remotely controlled prostate operation - operating on a patient 1,500 miles away in Gibraltar.
Professor Prokar Dasgupta - who is chair in Robotic Surgery and Urological Innovation at King’s College London - completed the procedure using an operating robot connected via fibre‑optic cables.
Paul Buxton, who's 62, was being treated for a tumour.
This episode looks into how this procedure worked, and what it means for the future of robotic operations.
