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A Medical Revolution

Atransnational “cloud surgery” took place in Preah Ket Mealea Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 29 for a patient suffering a brain hemorrhage. It is the country’s first-ever robot-assisted neurosurgery. The surgery was conducted under the remote guidance of Professor Hou Lijun from the Second Affiliated Hospital of the Naval Medical University in China and with the on-site support of an associate chief physician from China, utilizing a neurosurgical mini robot navigation system developed by Sinovation (Beijing) Medical Technology Co. Ltd. (Sinovation).

The surgical team used

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