article_snippet.sent: The first telesurgery took place in 2001 with a surgeon in New York successfully removing the gall bladder of a patient in France, more than 3,730 miles (6,000km) away.
article_snippet.sent: a surgeon in New York successfully removing the gall bladder of a patient in France, more than 3,730 miles (6,000km) away ran over a dedicated fiber provided by a telecommunications company.
article_snippet.sent: Since then, surgeons have carried out remote operations and begun to experiment with ordinary communications links over the web, which are significantly cheaper.
article_snippet.sent: Although there are no recorded incidents in which the communications infrastructure has caused problems during a telesurgery operation, there are still questions over security and privacy, said the experts.