Medical experts manipulate remote robot to carry out surgical operations. Photo by Zhao Yajun 医疗专家操纵远程机器人实施外科手术。赵雅军 摄

By Chen Xiaojing and Zhang Mi

陈小菁  张 密

BEIJING, Feb. 1 -- Recently, Professor Du Xiaohui, director of General Surgery Department with the First Medical Centerof the Chinese People's Liberation Army General Hospital (PLAGH), leading his team, utilized a robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery system to remotely control a surgical robot arm more than 3,000 kilometers away in real time, and successfully performed a radical rectal cancer surgery for a family member of a naval service member.

北京2月1日电  日前，解放军总医院医疗技术创新再添新成果，该院第一医学中心普通外科医学部主任杜晓辉教授团队，利用国产多孔腹腔镜机器人远程手术系统，实时操控3000多公里外的手术机械臂，为海军某部一名军属成功实施直肠癌根治手术。

The successful implementation of this operation marks the first case in the field of remote gastrointestinal tumor surgery within the Chinese military. The operation lasted for 90 minutes, and the postoperative 3D high-definition image and data feedback from the remote robot showed that the tumor has been completely removed.

这台手术的成功实施，在全军远程胃肠道肿瘤手术领域尚属首次。手术历时90分钟，杜晓辉教授带领团队，利用机器人远程操作系统，为患者精准切除肿瘤病灶。术后远程机器人3D高清图像及数据反馈显示，肿瘤被根治性切除。

It is learnt that PLAGH has been dedicated to developing the remote surgical operating system in recent years. Before this operation, it had completed multiple times of complex urological surgeries remotely by controlling the patient-side robot in real-time, accumulating extensive clinical experience. On this basis, Professor Du Xiaohui's team further broke through more technical challenges in this operation and enhanced the stability and precision of remote surgery.

据介绍，该院一直致力于研发建立远程手术操作系统，本次手术之前，已通过实时操控患者端机器人，多次完成远程复杂泌尿外科手术，积累了大量临床经验。在此基础上，杜晓辉教授团队在本次手术中进一步突破技术难题，提高了远程手术的稳定性和精准度。

The successful implementation of this operation also signifies the dual enhancement of telemedicine technology and equipment in general surgery within the Chinese military, which will provide a strong guarantee for remote surgeries in the fields of minimally invasive surgery, abdominal trauma in the battlefield environment, complex and difficult abdominal diseases, etc.

此次手术的成功实施，标志着我军普通外科远程手术技术与设备的双重提升，为远程微创手术、战场环境下腹部战创伤和复杂疑难腹部疾病等领域的远程手术提供有力保障。

For the troops at the grassroots level, the realization of remote surgery is equivalent to having a surgeon available around the clock, who can offer 24-hour remote surgical guidance without geographical constraints, and provide precise surgical treatment for local residents besides military personnel and their families.

远程外科手术实现后，不仅可在驻偏远地区部队官兵发生创伤、急危重症时，提供24小时远程手术指导，还能打破空间限制，为异地就诊的军人军属及驻地群众提供精准手术治疗。对基层官兵来说，相当于身边有了一个全天候‘外科医生’。