Remote surgery done from Shanghai

Using domestically-made 5G surgical robots, doctors in Shanghai performed a remote lung cancer surgery on a patient in Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, 5,000 kilometers away.

"The success of the operation demonstrates that our domestic robotic surgery technology in thoracic surgery has further overcome spatial limitations," said Luo Qingquan, academic leader of the oncology department at Shanghai Chest Hospital and the lead surgeon.

"With this technology, patients in remote areas can access top-tier medical services without traveling to big cities."