That's a good question. It's already not that uncommon to do surgeries remotely using surgical robots, operated by a surgeon on another continent. I wonder if the labor laws have caught up to this yet.
Uh, it's been done a few times as a neat tech demo, but the reality of surgery is that you really need a surgeon there, in the room, who is capable of doing the surgery as an open procedure if the robotic attempt fails, or if they hit a bleeding source.
And you need someone who's qualified to place the ports in the body in the first place.
In practically all cases, if someone needs a highly specialized surgeon, it's logistically much simpler to take the patient to them.
And you need someone who's qualified to place the ports in the body in the first place.
In practically all cases, if someone needs a highly specialized surgeon, it's logistically much simpler to take the patient to them.