Indian-origin doctor leads 1st robot-assisted spinal surgery
A team of surgeons led by Indian-origin professor Neil Malhotra from the University of Pennsylvania has performed the first-ever robot-assisted spinal surgery. The doctors successfully removed a tumour from a patient's neck in the two-day procedure, which involved the risk of permanent paralysis. Doctors have reported that the patient is back to work after the surgery, performed in August 2017.