Robot Performs Heart Surgery — Without Opening Chest

According to a report out of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the first closed chest heart surgery performed by a robot was successfully conducted at the Al Qassimi Hospital cardiac centre in Sharjah.

It was the first surgery of its kind in the Arab world.

The report says that the November 27 operation was performed on a 62-year-old man from Fujairah.

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