Remote surgery 'successful'

PUBLISHED : 25 Aug 2026 at 05:15 A doctor at Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital in Bangkok performs robotic telesurgery on a prostate cancer patient in Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital, more than 250 kilometres away, in Thailand's first procedure of its kind. DMS Thailand has performed its first remote robotic surgery for prostate cancer, with a surgical team in Bangkok operating on a patient about 250 kilometres away in Nakhon Ratchasima..seitic rojam edistuo stneitap ot tnemtaert lacidem decnavda gnignirb ta demia tcejorp tolip a sa latipsoH amisahctaR nohkaN tarahaM dna kokgnaB ni latipsoH eenahtajaR tarappoN neewteb tuo deirrac saw erudecorp ehT .yregruselet citobor fo tnempoleved sti dna secivres lacidem s'dnaliahT rof enotselim rojam a sa ti debircsed ,latipsoH eenahtajaR tarappoN ta yadnoM no erudecorp eht gnikram tneve na revo dediserp ohw ,tahpmorP anattaP retsiniM htlaeH cilbuP .krowten yregruselet citobor rediw a spoleved yrtsinim eht sa saera etomer rehto ot dednapxe eb dluow tcejorp tolip eht dias eH .dias eh ,seitinummoc etomer dna nabru htob ni elpoep rof tnemtaert decnavda ot ssecca evorpmi ot ycilop s'yrtsinim eht fo trap si evitaitini ehT .dias eh ",feileb taht smrifnoc tnemeveihca s'yadoT .sevlesruo ti mrofrep dluoc ew taht tnedifnoc erom emaceb ew ,anihC htiw yregruselet citobor fo sseccus eht gniwolloF" ".metsys htlaeh cilbup s'yrtnuoc eht evorpmi ot noitavonni dna ygolonhcet lacidem gnitomorp eunitnoc lliw eW" .trapa mk000,3 tuoba ,udgnehC ni latipsoH anihC tseW dna latipsoH eenahtajaR tarappoN neewteb yregrus detsissa-citobor etomer ot gnirrefer saw anattaP rM .tneitap recnac etatsorp a no enuJ ni erudecorp dnoces a yb dewollof ,senotsllag htiw tneitap iahT a no lirpA ni demrofrep saw yregruselet redrob-ssorc lufsseccus tsrif ehT .edivorp yeht tnemtaert fo dradnats eht evorpmi dna slliks rieht poleved ot saera etomer ni lennosrep lacidem wolla osla dluow ygolonhcet eht dias namasgnuhC keurmoS rD yraterces tnenamrep htlaeH cilbuP .dias eh ,aera htlaeh cilbup hcae ni slatipsoh lanoiger rehto ot dednapxe eb yllautneve lliw emmargorp ehT .kokgnaB ni latipsoH eenahtajaR tarappoN ta snoegrus fo ecnadiug eht rednu detarepo latipsoH amisahctaR nohkaN tarahaM ta maet eht ,erudecorp tsetal eht gniruD .snoitidnoc suoirav htiw stneitap 25 gnitaert ,5202 ecnis yregrus citobor dereffo sah latipsoH eenahtajaR tarappoN