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    WBAMC first in DoD to use robot for surgery [Image 10 of 10]

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    A surgeon in green scrubs and a blue surgical cap is seated at a da Vinci robotic surgical system console, looking into the stereoscopic viewer to perform or observe a robotic-assisted surgical procedure. The image is taken from behind the surgeon in what appears to be a hospital operating room. The da Vinci branding is visible on the console equipment.

    EL PASO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

    05.02.2016

    Photo by Marcy Sanchez  

    William Beaumont Army Medical Center

    Dr. Samuel Cancel-Rivera, an OB-GYN physician looks through a 3D imaging system while operating on a patient using the latest state-of-the-art robotic surgical system at William Beaumont Army Medical Center, May 2. The surgeon-manipulated system allows for surgeons to operate with articulating instruments which bend and rotate far greater than the human wrist through an incision smaller than a centimeter.William Beaumont Army Medical Center performed the first robotic surgery in the Department of Defense using the surgical system.

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    Date Taken: 05.02.2016
    Date Posted: 05.04.2016 18:29
    Photo ID: 2569276
    VIRIN: 160502-A-EK666-484
    Resolution: 3988x2848
    Size: 3.27 MB
    Location: EL PASO, TEXAS, US

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