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

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    WBAMC first in DoD to use robot for surgery

    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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