Robot-Assisted Surgery

NPR | By Patti Neighmond

Published December 29, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports that at the UCLA Medical Center in California, doctors are being assisted in the operating room by robots.

Patti Neighmond

Award-winning journalist Patti Neighmond is NPR's health policy correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR newsmagazines All Things Considered, Morning Edition, and Weekend Edition.

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