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Human-robot team: a robot assisted surgery

Urology surgeon David Yates demonstrates his working relationship with the daVinci Si robot surgeon at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield.

The Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield is home to one of the world’s most advanced medical robots: The daVinci Si.

In this video, Urological surgeon David Yates discusses his working relationship with the daVinci Si robot surgeon and we watch them work together to perform a prostatectomy.

WARNING: This video contains some brief graphic footage of surgery that some learners may find distressing.

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