An AdventHealth surgeon successfully performed remote telesurgery on a patient

An AdventHealth surgeon in Celebration remotely operated on a prostate cancer patient 35 miles away in Minneola as part of an investigational study of robotic telesurgery.AdventHealth said the Oct. 25 procedure connected Dr. Vipul Patel at AdventHealth Celebration with a 66-year-old patient and an on-site surgical team at AdventHealth Minneola.According to AdventHealth, published evidence to date has not documented a robotic telesurgery procedure performed between two locations in the United States.The patient underwent an investigational robotic prostatectomy as part of a clinical research study evaluating the technology, AdventHealth said.Patel controlled the investigational robotic surgical system from Celebration while Dr. Marcio Moschovas and a surgical team remained with the patient in Minneola, according to AdventHealth.The health system said the bedside team was available to provide support and intervene if necessary.The procedure was conducted under a U.S. Food and Drug Admini