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Panama marks a milestone in the Americas with a gynecological surgery performed 440 kilometers away

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Panama has achieved a historic medical milestone in the Americas by successfully performing a gynecological robotic telesurgery across a distance of 440 kilometers.

The procedure involved a patient situated in an operating room in the province of Chiriquí, while the lead surgeon operated from the capital city of Panamá, separated by hundreds of kilometers.

The operation was conducted and announced by the Caja de Seguro Social (CSS), marking the first time such a remote robotic procedure has been documented in the region.

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