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Dundee and US surgeons achieve world-first stroke surgery using robot
Robotic technology enabled the first remote stroke thrombectomy on a human cadaver, showing potential to improve timely treatment and reduce geographic barriers, with only 2.2% treated in Scotland.
- Last month, Prof Iris Grunwald performed the first remote thrombectomy on a donated human cadaver in Dundee using Sentante robotics, and Ricardo Hanel conducted a transatlantic procedure from Jacksonville over 4,000 miles away.
- With only three specialist centres — Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh — 9,625 ischaemic strokes occurred last year but only 212 patients, or 2.2%, received thrombectomy, and Prof Iris Grunwald warned delays reduce good outcomes by 1% every six minutes.
- The Sentante robotic system replicates a surgeon’s hand movements by moving wires and catheters via a high-resolution sensory system, supported by Nvidia and Ericsson with a 120 millisecond lag after 20 minutes training.
- The team now hope to take part in clinical trials next year, with University of Dundee researchers saying the breakthrough could increase thrombectomy access and Juliet Bouverie, chief executive of the Stroke Association, highlighting rural patients' deprivation.
- As a global training centre, the University of Dundee serves the World Federation for Interventional Stroke Treatment, with Prof Iris Grunwald saying it felt as if we were witnessing the first glimpse of the future.
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